239 AD - 276 AD

Rhescuporis IV    Regnum Bosporanum
Ρησκούπορις Δ'   Βασίλειον Βοσπόρου
  
 Stater / Στατήρ BL 20
 SHH 5275

5275 Rhescuporis IV Regnum Bosporanum BL

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Provenance
 		7.90 g   19.1-19.9 mm   1:00 o'clock   VF
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = 39.2 MS/m
Diademed bust of Rhescuporis right;
ΒΑCΙΛΕωC ΡΗCΚΟΠΟΡΙΔOC anticlockwise around; boder of dots.
Bust of Emperor  right; club to right;
year BMΦ (542 of the  Bosporan Era = 245/246 AD) below; border of dots.
Ex MZR 167/88, 4.9.2013
Friesian identifies for this period Rhescuporis III, 233 AD, only.
Initially it was believed that two different kings reigned during this period of time,
it is now accepted that there was only one [MacDonald, 2005]
Anokhin 693 (242-276 AD); Copenhagen IV 84 year variant (239-276 AD);
MacDonald 604 (242.276 BC); Stancomb 1018/1021 variant (242-276 AD);
Станиславский 643
Ex Münz Zentrum Rheinland (MZR) 167/88, 14.9.2013