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IX, 207
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Coin type
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https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/207
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Volume
IX
Number
207
Province
Northern Black Sea
Region
Bosporus
City
Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign
Pharsanzes
Person (obv.)
Pharsanzes (king)
Issue
Year ΝΦ = 550
Dating
AD 253
Obverse inscription
ΒΑϹΙΛƐⲰϹ ΦΑΡϹΑΝΖΟΥ
Obverse design
laureate and draped bust of Pharsanzes, r., seen from front
Reverse inscription
ΝΦ
Reverse design
laureate head of the Roman emperor, r.; before, star
Metal
Debased silver
Average diameter
20 mm
Average weight
7.43 g
Reference
Frolova p. 170, pl. XXV.23–7, pl. XXVI.1–7, Anokhin 723, Anokhin² 2089
Specimens
6
Note
See Frolova p. 170: 10 specimens recorded (10 obv. dies, 9 rev. dies) and 4 more specimens not analysed by die
Specimens of this coin type
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1 –2
Bosporus hoards, p. 81, 519–20
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3
G. Beidin coll.
20
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4
G. Beidin coll.
20
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5
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Gorny & Mosch 152, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 1764
20
7.49
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6
Gorny & Mosch 152, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 1765 = Gorny & Mosch 170, 13 Oct. 2008, lot 1741
20
7.37
Anokhin² 2092 reads ΑΝΦ, but see the introduction
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