Rhescuporis V

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Rhescuporis V
Sauromates III
(?)

Rhescuporis V (

Teiranes
(276–278). It is unclear what their relationships and status were relative to each other and if they were co-rulers or rival contenders for the throne.

Biography

Rhescuporis V became king of the

Sauromates III (r. 229–232).[7]

Little is known from the reign of Rhescuporis V but the fact that the period during which he minted coins overlaps with the reigns of several other kings suggests that he was either faced with numerous usurpers or that he frequently co-ruled with relatives. The first king to be contemporary with Rhescuporis V was

Pharsanzes, whose coins are known from 253 to 254.[3] Whether Pharsanzes was a usurper or not is disputed, though he is most frequently believed by historians to have been a rival contender rather than a co-ruler,[8] perhaps a closer relative of Ininthimeus or an unrelated foreigner.[5]

Rhescuporis V is sometimes thought to have co-ruled with a king named "Synges" from 258 to 276.[3] The identification of Synges is doubtful since it is based on a rare type of coins out of which only a single one preserves a partial inscription. This inscription was read as "Synges" by the numismatist Bernhard Karl von Koehne in the mid-19th century but was considered fanciful by Aleksandr Zograf in 1977.[9]

More securely attested co-rulers are known from Rhescuporis V's final year, 276, when he ruled together with the two other kings

Theothorses
(279–309) was a younger son of Rhescuporis V.

Sauromates IV also died in 276 after less than a year as co-ruler, leaving Teiranes as Rhescuporis V's sole successor.[3]

References

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  4. ^ "Le Bosphore Cimmérien - Suite". antikforever.com. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  5. ^ a b Yartsev, Sergey V. (2019). "The Invasion of the Borans into the Bosporus in the 3rd Century AD" (PDF). Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews. 7 (6).
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  8. ^ Beydin, G. V. (2016). "Готы на Боспоре: находки монет царя Фарсанза в ареале черняховской культуры" [Goths in the Bosporus: finds of coins of King Farsanz in the area of the Chernyakhov culture]. Древности. Харьковский историко-археологический ежегодник. 13: 138–149.
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  10. S2CID 220392070
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  11. doi:10.3406/dha.1977.2690
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Regnal titles
Preceded by
Ininthimeus
Teiranes
(276) 		Succeeded by
Teiranes
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