RPC III, 824

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 824
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 Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm; all in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.68 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova Coinage, pp. 112–113. 6; Frolova Monetnoe p. 243. 6; Anokhin 415
Specimens 11 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –9     See Frolova Coinage, pp. 112–113 and pl. VII, 29–31, VIII, 1–2; Frolova Monetnoe p. 243 and pl. XL, 16–19, XLI, 1
10 10     ✸ 10. Heritage Worl Coin Auctions Long Beach Signature Sale 3026, 25 Sept. 2013, lot 26172
11 11     Boston: 64.2166