RPC III, 840

Province Northern Black Sea
City Kingdom of the Bosporus 
Region Bosporus
Reign Sauromates I
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟϹ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΗϹ
Obverse design King Sauromates seated, right, on curule chair, holding sceptre with king’s head at top
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, 840

 

Reference See Frolova Coinage, p. 118 and pl. IX, 16–21; Frolova Monetnoe p. 249, pl. XLIII, 4–10
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