RPC II, 468


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/468 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	II
Number	468
Province	Northern Black Sea
Region	Bosporus
City	Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign	Rhescuporis II
Person (obv.)	Rhescuporis II (king)
Issue	Bronze: first series
Dating	AD 68/80
Obverse inscription	ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΡΗϹΚΟΥΠ[ΟΡΙΔΟϹ]
Obverse design	diademed and draped bust of Rhescuporis II, right
Reverse inscription	(to l., monogram) ΒΑΡΗ, ΚΔ (to r.)
Reverse design	veiled female head wearing kalathos, right,
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	24 mm
Axis	12
Reference	Frolova pp. 96–7, Anokhin 374
Specimens	9 (2 in the core collections)