RPC III, 814

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 814
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 ϚΙY (416)
Dating AD 119/20
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates I, right
Reverse inscription ϚΙΥ
Edition ϛιυʹ
Translation (year) 416
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.79 g
Axis 12
Reference Anokhin 409
Specimens 12 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 147 Frolova Coinage, p. 109 and pl. VI, 26
2 2 –10     Frolova Coinage, p. 109 and pl. VI, 19–25, VII, 16; Frolova Monetnoe p. 239 and pl. XXXVIII, 14–23
11 11     ✸ Hess-Divo 320, 26 Oct. 2011, lot 276
12 12     CNG Triton XXVI, 10 Jan. 2023, lot 540