RPC IX, 204

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 204
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhescuporis V
Person (obv.) Rhescuporis V (king)
Issue Year ΑΝΦ = 551
Dating AD 254
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 ΑΝΦ
Edition ανφʹ
Translation 551
Reverse design laureate head of the Roman emperor, right; before, wreath
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Reference Frolova p. 153, pl. X.15–16, Anokhin² 2063
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note 1 obv. die, 2 rev. dies
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Frolova p. 153, pl. X.15
2 2     ✸ Frolova p. 153, pl. X.16