RPC III, 791

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 791
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates I
Person (obv.) Sauromates I (king)
Person (rev.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year ƐΡΤ (395)
Dating AD 98/9
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates I, right
Reverse inscription ΕΡΤ
Edition ερτʹ
Translation (year) 395
Reverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Metal gold
Average weight 7.80 g
Reference Anokhin 390a
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 791-810: 7.80g (50)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 140 Frolova Coinage, p. 104 corr. and pl. V, 37; Frolova Monetnoe p. 234 corr. and pl. XXXVI, 5