RPC III, 811

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 811
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates I
Person (obv.) Sauromates I (king)
Person (rev.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΓΙY (413)
Dating AD 117
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates I, right
Reverse inscription ΓΙΥ
Edition γιυʹ
Translation (year) 413
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.79 g
Axis 12
Reference Anokhin 406b
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 811-818: 7.77g (51)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.1494 BMC 4, Frolova Coinage, p. 108 and pl. VI, 8; Frolova Monetnoe p. 238 and pl. XXXVIII, 3