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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2722922, member: 75937&quot;]The hair and clothing on coins of the Bosporus is typically crudely rendered. While the fields have obviously been smoothed, the devices may not have been extensively altered. Compare:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]617312[/ATTACH] </p><p>Tiberius Julius Mithradates, King of the Bosporus AD 41-45, and his mother, Gepaepyris, Wife of Aspurgus. </p><p>Bosporus Kingdom, probably prior to AD 41 </p><p>AE 12 nummia, 7.92 gm; 23.5 mm </p><p>Obv: ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ, laureate head of Mithradates, right </p><p>Rev: ΒΑCΙΛΛΙCCΗC ΓΗΠΑΠΥΡΕΩC, laureate, draped bust of Queen Gepaepyris, right. </p><p>Refs: Anokhin Bosphorus 331; SGI 5433; BMC 13.51,5.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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