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Stater - Rhescuporis V
| Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom |
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| Year | 623 (327) |
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| Currency | Bosporan Stater (14-337) |
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| Reverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Roman Emperor Constantine I facing right, rendered in imitative style reflecting the Bosporan Kingdom's dependence on Roman imperial iconography. A star symbol appears in the field before the bust, a common decorative element on late Bosporan staters. The Bosporan era date ΓKX (year 623 of the Bosporan era, corresponding to 327 AD) appears below the bust in the lower field. The portrait, while inspired by contemporary Roman coin types of Constantine I, displays the characteristic flat and schematic execution of the late Panticapaeum mint. The overall design underscores the dual cultural identity of the Bosporan coinage, combining local royal imagery on the obverse with a Roman imperial effigy on the reverse. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | Panticapaeum, Tauric Chersonesus, modern-day Kerch, Ukraine |
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