RPC III, 808

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 808
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 ΑΙY (411)
Dating AD 114/15
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates I, right
Reverse inscription ΑΙΥ
Edition αιυʹ
Translation 411
Reverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.81 g
Axis 12
Reference Anokhin 404
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.4663 BMC 3, Frolova Coinage, p. 107 and pl. VI, 1
2 2     P: 143 Frolova Coinage, p. 107 and pl. VI, 2
3 3     CNG MBS 84, 5 May 2010, lot 585
4 4     ✸ Naumann 112, 2 Jan. 2022, lot 324