RPC III, 823

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 823
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates I
Person (obv.) Sauromates I (king)
Issue Bronze: first series, second 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, left
Reverse inscription Μ-Η
Edition μηʹ
Translation 48
Reverse design veiled female head wearing kalathos, left; all in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Reference Frolova Coinage, p. 112. 5; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 242–3. 5; Anokhin 414
Specimens 9 (0 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 823-825: 14.33 g (25)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –9     See Frolova Coinage, p. 112 and pl. VII, 25–28; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 242–3 and pl. XL, 12–15