RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 3480)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 3480)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Rhescuporis V
Person (obv.) Rhescuporis V (king)
Issue Year ƐΜΦ = 545
Dating AD 248/9
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΗϹΚΟ(Υ)ΠΟΡ(ΙΔΟϹ)
Nominative Rex Rhescuporis
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Rhescuporis V, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΜΦ
Reverse design laureate head of the Roman emperor, right; before, star
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Frolova II, p. 136, pl. III–IV; Anokhin² 2038
Specimens 30 (4 in the core collections)
Note Frolova II, p. 136, records 7 obv. dies and 10 rev. dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1844,0425.72 BMC 3
    B: 18275230, Fox
    V: GR 15246
    V: GR 15245
    CNG EA 110, 16 Mar. 2005, lot 109
    ✸ CNG EA 221, 28 Oct. 2009, lot 434
    see Frolova II, pp. 132–3