Kings of the Bosporos, Rheskouporis I Æ 48 Units. Circa AD 91-3. ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟC ΙΟΥΛΙΟC ΒΑCΙΛΕΥC ΡΗCΚΟΥΠΟΡΙC, Rheskouporis seated to right on curule chair, holding sceptre with Emperor's image, TAO monogram to right / ΤΕΙΜΑΙ ΒΑCΙΛΕѠC ΡΗCΚΟΥΠΟΥΠΟΡΙΔΟC, shield with spear in centre; helmet and sword in scabbard to right; axe and horse head to left; MH (mark of value) below. SNG Stancomb 977 (this coin); Frolova 1979, pl. 4, 1-5; MacDonald 367; RPC II, 476. 16.26g, 34mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
This coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000);
From the Italo Vecchi Collection;
Ex William Stancomb Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XVIII, 29 September 2019, lot 399;
Acquired from A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd., 1984 (noted as previously ex Hecht).