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Denarius - Rhescuporis II
| Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom |
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| Year | 211-224 |
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| Value | 1 Denarius (4) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (211-224) |
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Rhescuporis II ruled the Bosporan Kingdom as a client king under Roman suzerainty, and his coinage reflects that dependency directly — his bronzes were struck to a weight standard that tracked Roman provincial practice rather than any local tradition. The kingdom, centered on the Cimmerian Bosporus controlling trade between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, derived much of its revenue from grain exported northward to Rome's Danubian armies.
The Anokhin and MacDonald references place this piece within a well-documented sequence, though die alignment and flan preparation vary considerably across the series.