RPC III, 821

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 821
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
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates I, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗ
Reverse design wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 12
Reference Frolova Coinage, p. 111. 2; Frolova Monetnoe p. 242. 2; Anokhin 418
Specimens 13 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –11     See Frolova Coinage, pp. 111–112 and pl. VII, 21–22; Frolova Monetnoe p. 242 and pl. XL, 8–9
12 12     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 66, 9 Jan. 2020, lot 146 = Stancomb SNG 978
13 13     CGT coll.