RPC IX, 191

 

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Coin type
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 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; 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 (3 in the core collections)
Note See Frolova p. 144: 20 specimens recorded (3 obv. dies, 7 rev. dies) and 2 more specimens not analysed by die
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.41140
2 2     O
3 3     V: GR 15248
4 4 –5     Bosporus hoards, p. 105, nos 37–8
6 6 –25     Bosporus hoards, p. 77, nos 342–61
26 26 –27     Bosporus hoards, p. 91, nos 17–8