RPC IX, 187


Image of specimen #5

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/187 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
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	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 before, sceptre or club
Reverse inscription	ΗΜΦ
Edition	ημφʹ
Translation	548
Reverse design	laureate head of the Roman emperor, right
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	19 mm
Reference	Frolova p. 149, pl. IX.4–5a, LXXXII.16–8, Anokhin 699б, Anokhin² 2047
Specimens	13 (0 in the core collections)
Note	See Frolova p. 149: 17 specimens recorded (2 obv. dies, 7 rev. dies)