RPC IX, 184


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/184 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IX
Number	184
Province	Northern Black Sea
Region	Bosporus
City	Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign	Rhescuporis V
Person (obv.)	Rhescuporis V (king)
Issue	Year ΖΜΦ = 547
Dating	AD 250
Obverse inscription	ΒΑϹΙΛƐⲰϹ ΡΗϹΚΟ(Υ)ΠΟΡ(ΙΔΟϹ)
Nominative	Rex Rhescuporis
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Rhescuporis V, r., seen from front
Reverse inscription	ΖΜΦ
Reverse design	laureate head of the Roman emperor, r.; before, trident
Metal	Debased silver
Average diameter	19 mm
Reference	Frolova p. 143, pl. VII.3–13, LXXXI.26, Anokhin 698б, Anokhin² 2044
Specimens	23 (0 in the core collections)
Note	See Frolova p. 143: 15 specimens recorded (5 obv. dies, 7 rev. dies) and 2 more specimens not analysed by die