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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4831668, member: 44316"]I have been studying coins of "The Kingdom of the Bosporus." </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1168546[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The region of the kingdom in encircled. Do not confuse the "Cimmerian" Bosporus of this Kingdom with the more-famous Bosporus at Constantinople/Istanbul. I fixed the map at Forum which erroneously had a map of the wrong Bosporus. </p><p><br /></p><p>Many coins of the Kingdom have least two interesting features--busts on both sides and explicit dates. The Roman emperor is on one side and the King of the Bosporus, named in the legend, is on the other. The dates are in Greek and our dates can be deduced from their dates by subtracting 297. This coin has date year ZMΦ (= 7+40+500 = 547) of the Bosporan era which corresponds (547-297 = 250). Trajan Decius (249-251) was the Roman emperor then, so the dated side of this coin has his bust on it.</p><p> [ATTACH=full]1168547[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Rheskuporis IV</b>, 242-277</p><p>19 mm. 7.44 grams. Base AR.</p><p>BACIΛEWC PHEKOΠOPΩN</p><p>His bust right, trident before neck</p><p>Bust right (Trajan Decius)</p><p>ZMΦ below (= year 547 = 250/1)</p><p><br /></p><p>MacDonald 609/3 (No photo). Anokhin 698δ.</p><p><br /></p><p>He certainly could not be recognized from his portrait alone. The coin itself is not in bad shape; it is the engraving that is poor. Roman provincial coins often have crude portraits. Does this one perhaps have the worst portrait of Trajan Decius? </p><p><br /></p><p>Show us something related![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4831668, member: 44316"]I have been studying coins of "The Kingdom of the Bosporus." [ATTACH=full]1168546[/ATTACH] The region of the kingdom in encircled. Do not confuse the "Cimmerian" Bosporus of this Kingdom with the more-famous Bosporus at Constantinople/Istanbul. I fixed the map at Forum which erroneously had a map of the wrong Bosporus. Many coins of the Kingdom have least two interesting features--busts on both sides and explicit dates. The Roman emperor is on one side and the King of the Bosporus, named in the legend, is on the other. The dates are in Greek and our dates can be deduced from their dates by subtracting 297. This coin has date year ZMΦ (= 7+40+500 = 547) of the Bosporan era which corresponds (547-297 = 250). Trajan Decius (249-251) was the Roman emperor then, so the dated side of this coin has his bust on it. [ATTACH=full]1168547[/ATTACH] [B]Rheskuporis IV[/B], 242-277 19 mm. 7.44 grams. Base AR. BACIΛEWC PHEKOΠOPΩN His bust right, trident before neck Bust right (Trajan Decius) ZMΦ below (= year 547 = 250/1) MacDonald 609/3 (No photo). Anokhin 698δ. He certainly could not be recognized from his portrait alone. The coin itself is not in bad shape; it is the engraving that is poor. Roman provincial coins often have crude portraits. Does this one perhaps have the worst portrait of Trajan Decius? Show us something related![/QUOTE]
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