RPC III, 816

 

Image of specimen #23

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 816
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates I
Person (obv.) Sauromates I (king)
Person (rev.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΗΙY (418)
Dating AD 121/2
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates I, right
Reverse inscription ΗΙΥ
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Anokhin 411
Specimens 24 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 148 Frolova Coinage, p. 110 and pl. VI, 39
2 2 –19     Frolova Coinage, p. 110 and pl. VI, 38, pl. VII, 1–14; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 240–1 and pl. XXXIX, 9–24, pl. XL, 1–2
20 20     CNG MBS 53, 15 Mar. 2000, lot 1056
21 21     CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1026
22 22     CNG Auction 84, 5 May 2010, lot 586 (ex CNG MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, lot 1096)
23 23     ✸ Heritage World Coin Auctions Long beach Signature Sale 3020, 6 Sept. 2012, lot 24975
24 24     R. Pudill coll. (ex CNG 100, 7 Oct. 2015, lot 1711; Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp. 11, 25 Feb. 2018, lot 59)