Stater - Rhescuporis V

Features

Issuer	Bosporan Kingdom
King	Rhescuporis V (303-342)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	623 (327)
Calendar	Bosporan era
Value	Stater (1)
Currency	Bosporan Stater (14-337)
Composition	Copper
Weight	6.9 g
Diameter	18 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 579685
References	Anokhin# 2186 Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 2011. Античные монеты Северного Причерноморья = Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region. Stilos, Kyiv, Ukraine. , MacDonald# 682 David J. MacDonald; 2005. An introduction to the history and coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus: including the coinage of Panticapaeum (with Apollonia and Myrmecium), Phanagoria, Gorgippia, Sindicus Limen or the Sindoi, Nymphaeum, Theodosia and the kings of the Cimmerian Bosporus. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , Anokhin Bosporos# 772в Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 1986. Монетное дело Боспора = Coinage of Bosporos. Наукова думка, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Obverse

Bust of Rhescuporis V facing right, wreath in right field before chin.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΒΑCΙΛΕωC ΡΗCΚΟΥΠΟΡΙC

Translation: King Rhescuporis

Reverse

Laureate and draped bust of Roman emperor right, below date (ГK-X), in right field, Nike left on globe holding wreath.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ГKX

Translation: 623

Mint

Panticapaeum, Tauric Chersonesus, modern-day Kerch, Ukraine

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
623 (327)												ГKX

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