RPC IV.1, 3887 (temporary)

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 r. field)
Reverse design turreted Aphrodite seated, left, holding apple over small Eros and long transverse sceptre; to left, laureate head of Septimius Severus, right; to right, star

Coin no. 9 of RPC IV.1, 3887 (temporary)

 

Museum Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France)
Inventory no. 252, obverse worn, on reverse, Eros obscure, thus attribution to this type uncertain
Reference
Diameter 27
Weight 12.69
Axis 6
Note
External URI https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10300697m 
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