RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 3279)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 3279)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhescuporis V
Person (obv.) Rhescuporis V (king)
Issue Year ΒΜΦ = 542
Dating AD 245/6
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 ΒΜΦ
Edition βμφʹ
Translation (year) 542
Reverse design laureate head of the Roman emperor, right; before, club
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.56 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Frolova II, pp. 131–2, pl. II; Anokhin² 2034
Specimens 46 (2 in the core collections)
Note Frolova II, pp. 131–2, records 4 obv. dies and 9 rev. dies.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     V: GR 15243
— —     V: GR 15244
— —     Nomos obolos 34, 10 Nov. 2024, lot 292
— —     ✸ Roma EA 111, 24 Aug. 2023, lot 274
— —     see Frolova II, pp. 131–2