RPC IX, 199

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 199
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhescuporis V
Person (obv.) Rhescuporis V (king)
Issue Year ΝΦ = 550
Dating AD 253
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛƐⲰϹ ΡΗϹΚΟ(Υ)ΠΟΡ(ΙΔΟϹ)
Nominative Rex Rhescuporis
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Rhescuporis V, r., seen from front
Reverse inscription ΝΦ
Reverse design laureate head of the Roman emperor, r.; before, •
Metal Debased silver
Average diameter 19 mm
Reference Frolova p. 152, pl. IX.25–6, X.1–2, Anokhin 701, Anokhin² 2059
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note See Frolova p. 152: 5 specimens recorded (2 obv. dies, 2 rev. dies)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bosporus hoards, pp. 80–1, no. 511
2 2     ✸ Bosporus hoards, pp. 80–1, no. 512