RPC IX, 201

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 201
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, •• (vertical)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.26 g
Axis 11
Reference Frolova p. 152, pl. X.3, Anokhin 701а, Anokhin² 2060
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note See Frolova p. 152 records 4 more specimens not analysed by die
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 345
2 2     Bosporus hoards, pp. 80–1, no. 513
3 3     Frolova p. 152, A-a, 1, pl. X.3