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Volume
IX
Number
198
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
ΒΑϹΙΛƐⲰϹ ΡΗϹΚΟ(Υ)ΠΟΡ(ΙΔΟϹ)
Obverse design
laureate and draped bust of Rhescuporis V, r., seen from front
Reverse inscription
ΘΜΦ
Reverse design
laureate head of the Roman emperor, r.; before, trident
Metal
Debased silver
Average diameter
19 mm
Average weight
7.48 g
Axis
12
Reference
Frolova pp. 151–2, pl. IX.21–3, Anokhin 700
а
, Anokhin² 2056
Specimens
5
Note
See Frolova pp. 151-2: 13 specimens recorded (4 obv. dies, 5 rev. dies) and 2 more specimens not analysed by die
Specimens of this coin type
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Reverse
Museum
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Axis
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1
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P: 322
19
7.47
12
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2
NY: 1944.100.41142
18
7.49
12
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3 –5
Bosporus hoards, p. 80, nos 508–10
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