RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 85413)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 85413)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Teiranes
Person (obv.) Teiranes (King)
Issue Year ΓΟΦ = 573
Dating AD 276
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΤΕΙΡΑΝΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Τειράνου
Translation of King Teiranes
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Teiranes, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΓΟΦ
Edition γοφʹ
Translation 573
Reverse design laureate and draped bust of Roman emperor, right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.38 g
Axis 6, 10, 12
Reference MacDonald 631/1-2, Anokhin 727, Frolova 1997, II pp. 284-6
Specimens 60 (3 in the core collections)
Note For a puzzling coin with ΓΞΦ, see under this entry https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/436780.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1924,0717.45
    P: 347
    NY: 1944.100.41153
    CNG EA 416, 14 Mar. 2018, lot 348
    Frolova 1997, II p. 284
    Frolova 1997, II pp. 284-6
    ✸ Künker eLive 35, 19 May 2015, lot 391
    M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 176
    Naumann 107, 5 Sept. 2021, lot 237 = Naumann 52, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 250