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
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
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