RPC IX, 199


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Coin type
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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	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	ΝΦ
Edition	νφʹ
Translation	550
Reverse design	laureate head of the Roman emperor, right; 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)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1				Bosporus hoards, pp. 80–1, no. 511	19				Show
2	2 ✸				Bosporus hoards, pp. 80–1, no. 512	19				Show