RPC III, 788

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 788
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates I
Person (obv.) Sauromates I (king)
Person (rev.) Nerva (Augustus)
Issue Year ΓϘΤ (393)
Dating AD 96/7
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Τι(βέριος) Ἰούλιος βασιλεὺς Σαυρομάτου
Translation Tiberius Iulius king Sauromates
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates I, right
Reverse inscription ΓϘΤ
Edition γϙτʹ
Translation (year) 393
Reverse design laureate head of Nerva, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.79 g
Reference Anokhin 388
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 1, Frolova Coinage, p. 103 and pl. IV, 21; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 233–4 and pl. XXXVI, 2