So far my bids in 2019 have all failed - time to explore a coin that has been sitting unexplored - purchased on EBay quite a few years ago - the slight gold color on the surface also intriguing. This 7.2g 20.3mm stater is the only silver coin I have from the Kingdom of Bosporus - I am having trouble matching up with anything I can find online in detail : dates, K instead of I on the reverse, trident or not on the obverse...here's my best guess but could easily go Rheskuporis V. Rheskuporis IV, Billon Stater Obv: BΛCIΛEωC ΠHCKOΠoRIK, Rheskuporis' laureate draped bust right Rev: Laureate draped bust of Gallienus right, I to right, date ΛΚΦ below. Date = ΛΚΦ 20+30+500 = 550 or AD 253? Λ(X or Ξ)Φ? Any suggestions and advice on attribution, and pointers to useful reference information on this coin+history are all much appreciated. and a closeup of obverse surface to highlight the color
I think the year is AMΦ = 541 = 244/245 BC. Differentiator on obv.: club. Then it would be MacDonald 603; Anokhin 602; Stanislavskii 640 I use David MacDonald, An Introduction to the History and Coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus, 2005 Best regards
Thank you @Jochen KINGS of BOSPORUS Rhescuporis IV, with Philip I circa AD 242/3-276/7. Billion Stater (20.3mm, 7.2 g). Date: Bosporan Era 540 (AD 243/4) Obv: BΛCIΛEωC ΠHCKOΠoRIK Diademed and draped bust of Rheskouporis IV right Rev: Laureate and draped bust of Philip I right; club before, AMΦ (date) below. Ref: MacDonald 602; Anokhin 691; Stanislavskii 640 Example from ACSearch: https://www.acsearch.info/image.html?id=1337222
As a rule, dates should contain one digit at a maximum from each group 1-9, 10-90 and 100-900. An A missing the cross bar is nothing to worry about. The one that we modern Westerners have trouble with is the lack of a zero so the two digit MΦ is one year before AMΦ. This is worse when you get a zero in the middle position. I don't have an example of this to show. Anyone?
Thank you @dougsmit - here's nice AV Stater of Sauromates I, with Trajan on ACSearch that illustrates the missing10s: Date=ZY=7+400=Bosporan Era 407=AD 110.
Here is my recent win from Triton XXII Eupator with Marcus Aurelius/ Lucius Verus Dated BE (ONV) =459 161/2AD AV Stater 60%AV 40AR By 260AD the Staters where billon=debasement
Thanks @panzerman - new to CT it has not taken long to expect you to share amazing coins. The one above does not disappoint!
