RPC III, 812

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 812
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 ΔΙY (414)
Dating AD 117/18
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates I, right
Reverse inscription ΔΙΥ
Edition διυʹ
Translation (year) 414
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.84 g
Reference Anokhin 407
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –2     Frolova Coinage, p. 108 and pl. VI, 10–11; Frolova Monetnoe p. 239 and pl. XXXVIII, 5–6: inc. P 146
3 3     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 146, 6 Mar. 2006, lot 318
4 4     Naumann 111, 5 Dec. 2021, lot 546