Province Northern Black Sea
City Kingdom of the Bosporus 
Region Bosporus
Reign Sauromates I
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΩϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Obverse design curule chair; above, wreath; shield with spear and sceptre with king’s head at top on left and right
Reverse inscription ΤΕΙΜΑΙ ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ, ΜΗ
Reverse design shield with spear in centre; helmet and sword in scabbard, left; horse’s head and axe right

Coin no. 1 of RPC III, 834

 

Reference See Frolova Coinage, p. 116 and pl. IX, 2–3; Frolova Monetnoe p. 247 and pl. XLII, 14–16
Quantity 6
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