RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 3211)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 3211)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhescuporis V
Person (obv.) Rhescuporis V (king)
Issue Year ΑΜΦ = 541
Dating AD 244/5
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 ΑΜΦ
Edition αμφʹ
Translation 541
Reverse design laureate head of the Roman emperor, right; before, wreath
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.63 g
Axis 1
Reference Frolova II, p. 131, pl. II; Anokhin² 2033
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Note Frolova II, p. 129, records 2 obv. dies and 3 rev. dies.
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ O: Godwyn
— —     see Frolova II, p. 131