RPC IX, 187


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/187 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IX
Number	187
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	ΒΑϹΙΛƐⲰϹ ΡΗϹΚΟ(Υ)ΠΟΡ(ΙΔΟϹ)
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Rhescuporis V, r.;, seen from front before, sceptre or club
Reverse inscription	ΗΜΦ
Reverse design	laureate head of the Roman emperor, r.
Metal	Debased silver
Average diameter	19 mm
Reference	Frolova p. 149, pl. IX.4–5a, LXXXII.16–8, Anokhin 699б, Anokhin² 2047
Specimens	13
Note	See Frolova p. 149: 17 specimens recorded (2 obv. dies, 7 rev. dies)