RPC III, 801

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 801
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 ƐY (405)
Dating AD 108/9
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates I, right; in front, ?
Reverse inscription ΕΥ
Edition ευʹ
Translation 405
Reverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.81 g
Axis 10
Reference Anokhin 399a
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18204063, 1853/16969 Frolova Coinage, p. 106 and pl. V, 26; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 236–7 and pl. XXXVII, 9