RPC III, 791

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 791
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates I
Person (obv.) Sauromates I (king)
Person (rev.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year ƐΡΤ (395)
Dating AD 98/9
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates I, right
Reverse inscription ΕΡΤ
Reverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Metal gold
Reference Anokhin 390a
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 791-810: 7.80g (50)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 140 Frolova Coinage, p. 104 corr. and pl. V, 37; Frolova Monetnoe p. 234 corr. and pl. XXXVI, 5