RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 3312)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 3312)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhescuporis V
Person (obv.) Rhescuporis V (king)
Issue Year ΔΜΦ = 544
Dating AD 247/8
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 ΔΜΦ
Edition δμφʹ
Translation 544
Reverse design laureate head of the Roman emperor, right; before, club
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 6.67 g
Reference Frolova II, pp. 133–4, pl. III; Anokhin² 2036
Specimens 61 (0 in the core collections)
Note Frolova II, pp. 133–4, records 7 obv. dies and 17 rev. dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ Moscow: 4954 Frolova II, p. 133, no. C-f/1, pl. III, 8
    see Frolova II, pp. 133–4