RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 3369)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 3369)
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, club
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.56 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova II, pp. 130–1, pl. I–II; Anokhin² 2032
Specimens 43 (2 in the core collections)
Note Frolova II, p. 129, records 9 obv. dies and 12 rev. dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ P: 315
— —     G SNG 1042
— —     Baldwin’s C24008, 6 Aug. 2024, lot 15 = Roma Numismatics EA 111, 24 Aug. 2023, lot 273
— —     see Frolova II, pp. 130–1