RPC IX, 191


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/191 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IX
Number	191
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
Reverse inscription	ΗΜΦ
Reverse design	laureate head of the Roman emperor, r.; before, club
Metal	Debased silver
Average diameter	20 mm
Average weight	7.63 g
Axis	1, 12
Reference	Frolova p. 144, pl. VII.14–22, LXXXII.10–1, LXXXVIII.22–3, Anokhin 699е, Anokhin² 2051
Specimens	27
Note	See Frolova p. 144: 20 specimens recorded (3 obv. dies, 7 rev. dies) and 2 more specimens not analysed by die