RPC III, 819

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 819
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates I
Person (obv.) Sauromates I (king)
Issue Bronze: first series, first group
Dating AD 93/6
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Τι(βερίου) Ἰουλίου βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of Tiberius Julius King Sauromates
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates I, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗ
Edition μηʹ
Translation 48
Reverse design laureate head of Domitian, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.40 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova Coinage, p. 111. 1; Frolova Monetnoe p. 241. 1; Anokhin 417
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 819-822: 12.89 g (19)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –6     See Frolova Coinage, p. 111 and pl. VII, 17–19; Frolova Monetnoe p. 241 and pl. XL, 4–6
7 7     ✸ A. Tricarico coll