Kings of the Bosporos, Rheskouporis I Æ 48 Units. Circa AD 91-3. ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟC ΙΟΥΛΙΟC ΒΑCΙΛΕΥC ΡΗCΚΟΥΠΟΡΙC, Rheskouporis seated to right on curule chair, holding sceptre with Emperor's image, TAO monogram to right / ΤΕΙΜΑΙ ΒΑCΙΛΕѠC ΡΗCΚΟΥΠΟΥΠΟΡΙΔΟC, shield with spear in centre; helmet and sword in scabbard to right; axe and horse head to left; MH (mark of value) below. SNG Stancomb 977 (this coin); RPC II, 476; Frolova 1979, pl. 4, 1-5; MacDonald 367; 16.26g, 34mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Very Rare.

From the William Stancomb Collection; this coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000);
Acquired from A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd., 1984 (noted as previously ex Hecht).