RPC IX, 190


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/190 json ttl rdf xml
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	ΒΑϹΙΛƐⲰϹ ΡΗϹΚΟ(Υ)ΠΟΡ(ΙΔΟϹ)
Nominative	Rex Rhescuporis
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Rhescuporis V, r., seen from front
Reverse inscription	ΗΜΦ
Reverse design	laureate head of the Roman emperor, r.
Metal	Debased silver
Average diameter	19 mm
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)