RPC IX, 190

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 190
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
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.13 g
Reference Frolova p. 148, pl. VIII.39–40, LXXXVIII.19, Anokhin 699, Anokhin² 2045
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note See Frolova p. 148: 10 specimens recorded (3 obv. dies, 3 rev. dies)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Bosporus hoards, p. 79, no. 456
2 2 –4     Bosporus hoards, p. 79, nos 457–9
5 5     Bosporus hoards, p. 91, no. 14