RPC III, 834

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 834
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates I
Person (obv.) Sauromates I (king)
Issue Bronze: second series, second group
Dating AD 98/102
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΩϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Τιβερίου Ἰουλίου βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of Tiberius Julius King Sauromates
Obverse design curule chair; above, wreath; shield with spear and sceptre with king’s head at top on left and right
Reverse inscription ΤΕΙΜΑΙ ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ, ΜΗ
Edition τειμᾷ βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου μηʹ
Translation the honours of King Sauromates, 48
Reverse design shield with spear in centre; helmet and sword in scabbard, left; horse’s head and axe right
Metal copper-based alloy
Reference Frolova Coinage, p. 116. 7; Frolova Monetnoe p. 247. 7; Anokhin 435
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –6     See Frolova Coinage, p. 116 and pl. IX, 2–3; Frolova Monetnoe p. 247 and pl. XLII, 14–16