RPC IX, 186

 

Image of specimen #31

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 186
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhescuporis V
Person (obv.) Rhescuporis V (king)
Issue Year ΗΜΦ = 548
Dating AD 251
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΗϹΚΟ(Υ)ΠΟΡ(ΙΔΟϹ)
Edition Βασιλέως Ῥησκουπορίδος
Translation of King Rhescuporis
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Rhescuporis V, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΗΜΦ
Edition ημφʹ
Translation 548
Reverse design laureate head of the Roman emperor, right; before, •• (vertical)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.66 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova pp. 147–8, pl. VIII.7–30, LXXXII.15, Anokhin 699и, Anokhin² 2054
Specimens 31 (2 in the core collections)
Note See Frolova pp. 147-8: 51 specimens recorded (7 obv. dies, 27 rev. dies) and 2 more specimens not analysed by die
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Knobelsdorf
2 2     Cop SNG 85
3 3     Bosporus hoards, p. 105, no. 42
4 4 –30     Bosporus hoards, p. 77–8, nos 429–55
31 31     ✸ MünzZentrum 101, 15 Dec. 1999, lot 93