Province Northern Black Sea
City Kingdom of the Bosporus 
Region Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ (Αs with curved crossbar)
Obverse design draped bust of King Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription Β (in l. field)
Reverse design turreted Aphrodite seated, left, holding apple and long transverse sceptre; to left, laureate head of Septimius Severus, left, and small Nike advancing, right, holding wreath and palm-branch; to right, star

 

Museum Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (Russia)
Inventory no. 28733
Reference Frolova, p. 196, pl. XLIII.24
Diameter 26
Weight 9.32
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