RPC IX, 195


Image of specimen #9

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/195 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IX
Number	195
Province	Northern Black Sea
Region	Bosporus
City	Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign	Rhescuporis V
Person (obv.)	Rhescuporis V (king)
Issue	Year ΘΜΦ = 549
Dating	AD 252
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	ΘΜΦ
Edition	θμνʹ
Translation	549
Reverse design	laureate head of the Roman emperor, right; before, •
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	19 mm
Average weight	7.50 g
Reference	Frolova pp. 150–1, pl. IX.12–5, Anokhin 700б, Anokhin² 2057
Specimens	9 (0 in the core collections)
Note	See Frolova p. 150: 10 specimens recorded (3 obv. dies, 4 rev. dies)