RPC III, 822

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 822
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 Μ-Η
Edition μηʹ
Translation 48
Reverse design veiled female head wearing kalathos, right; all in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.83 g
Reference Frolova Coinage, p. 112. 4; Frolova Monetnoe p. 242. 4; Anokhin 420
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –2     See Frolova Coinage, p. 112 and pl. VII, 23–24; Frolova Monetnoe p. 242 and pl. XL, 10–11
3 3     VCoins Marc Breitsprecher, April 2023, SKU: 49927