RPC III, 806

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 806
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 ΗY (408)
Dating AD 111/12
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 ΗΥ
Edition ηυʹ
Translation (year) 408
Reverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.80 g
Reference Anokhin 402a
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 142 Frolova Coinage, p. 107 and pl. V, 35; Frolova Monetnoe p. 237 and pl. XXXVII, 18