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Stater - Rhescuporis I
| Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom |
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| Year | 89-90 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Laureate head of the Roman Emperor Domitian facing right, rendered in a close stylistic parallel to contemporary Roman imperial coinage. The hair is depicted with tight curls beneath the laurel wreath, reflecting the artistic conventions of the Flavian period. The Bosporan era date ϚΠΤ (= year 386 of the Pontic Era, corresponding to AD 89–90) appears in the lower field, functioning as a dating monogram within a plain border of dots. |
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| Mintage | ND (89-90) - ϚΠΤ |
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Rhescuporis I ruled the Bosporan Kingdom as a client of Rome, and these gold staters reflect that arrangement directly — the coinage was deliberately tied to the Roman imperial portrait system, with the reigning emperor's image paired with the local dynast's. The year 89–90 AD places this issue under Domitian, whose damnatio memoriae following his assassination in 96 AD makes Bosporan staters bearing his portrait an inadvertent record of a name Rome officially tried to erase.
The Bosporan dating system used on this series counts from 297 BC, making the regnal and era year cross-referencing essential for precise attribution. MacDonald 352 and Anokhin 1472 align on this type without significant die variety disputes.