KINGDOM OF BOSPHORE - RHESCUPORIS II and Severus Alexander 2 - Lot 1

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KINGDOM OF BOSPHORE - RHESCUPORIS II and Severus Alexander 2 - Lot 1
KINGDOM OF BOSPHORE - RHESCUPORIS II and Severus Alexander 211/2-226/7 BACIΛЄωC ΡHCKOΥΠOΡIΔOC. Diademed and draped bust of Rhescuporis II right. R/.Laureate and draped bust of Alexander Severus. In the field, KΦ and a star. Reference: Mc Donald 563/5 Electrum statere dated 520 (223/4 CE). Blank slightly chipped when struck. T.B. Gross weight : 7,6 gr Rhescuporis II (Tiberius Iulius Rhescuporis) was the son and successor of Sauromates II. Like him, he proclaimed himself "descended from kings descended from Poseidon, Herakles and Eumolpos". He was a contemporary of the Roman emperors Septimius Severus, Caracalla, Macrin, Heliogabalus and Severus Alexander.
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