RPC III, 815

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 815
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 ΖΙY (417)
Dating AD 120/1
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates I, right
Reverse inscription ΖΙΥ
Edition ζιυʹ
Translation 417
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.76 g
Reference Anokhin 410
Specimens 13 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –11     Frolova Coinage, p. 109 and pl. VI, 28–37; Frolova Monetnoe p. 240 and pl. XXXVIII, 24, XXXIX, 1–8
12 12     CNG 53, 15 Mar. 2000, lot 1055
13 13     ✸ Triton X, 9 Jan. 2007, lot 628