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KINGS OF BOSPOROS. Rheskuporis II with Elagabalus, 211-226. Stater (Electrum, 19.3 mm, 7.65 g, 11 h), year EIΦ (515) = 218-219. BACIΛEΩC PHCKOYΠOPIΔOC Diademed and draped bust of Rheskuporis II to right. Rev. EIΦ (date). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to right; to right, six-pointed star. Frolova dies K/k. MacDonald 558/4 var (reverse bust type). Sharply struck and well centered. Minor scratch on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.
From the collection of Pavlo Skoropadskyi.
On this coin the obverse portrait, with its luxurious mustache and long hair, appears very similar, indeed, to a Ukrainian Cossack Hetman of the 17th century.
From the collection of Pavlo Skoropadskyi.
On this coin the obverse portrait, with its luxurious mustache and long hair, appears very similar, indeed, to a Ukrainian Cossack Hetman of the 17th century.