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Volume
IX
Number
192
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, star
Metal
Debased silver
Average diameter
20 mm
Average weight
7.78 g
Reference
Frolova pp. 146–7, pl. VIII.32–7, Anokhin 699
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, Anokhin² 2052
Specimens
16
Note
See Frolova pp. 146-7: 15 specimens recorded (3 obv. dies, 6 rev. dies)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
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Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
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1
Cracow
SNG 520
20
7.83
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2
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Baldwin’s, Markov, M&M, The New York Sale VII, 15 Jan. 2004, lot 212
20
7.72
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3 –16
Bosporus hoards, p. 78, nos 414–27
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