RPC IX, 188


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/188 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IX
Number	188
Province	Northern Black Sea
Region	Bosporus
City	Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign	Rhescuporis V
Person (obv.)	Rhescuporis V (king)
Issue	Year ΗΜΦ = 548
Dating	AD 251
Obverse inscription	ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΗϹΚΟ(Υ)ΠΟΡ(ΙΔΟϹ)
Nominative	Rex Rhescuporis
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Rhescuporis V, right, seen from front; before, •• (vertically)
Reverse inscription	ΗΜΦ
Reverse design	laureate head of the Roman emperor, right
Metal	debased silver
Average diameter	19 mm
Reference	Frolova p. 149, pl. IX.2–4a, Anokhin 699а, Anokhin² 2046
Specimens	3 (0 in the core collections)
Note	See Frolova p. 149: 13 specimens recorded (3 obv. dies, 3 rev. dies)