RPC III, 835

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 835
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 ΒΑϹΙΛΕΩϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design curule chair; above, wreath; at right, rod
Reverse inscription ΤΕΙΜΑΙ ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ, ΚΔ
Edition τειμᾷ βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου κδʹ
Translation the honours of King Sauromates, 24
Reverse design shield with spear in centre; horse’s head and helmet, left; man’s head and sword in scabbard, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Reference Frolova Coinage, p. 117. 9; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 247–8. 9; Anokhin 438
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –3     See Frolova Coinage, p. 117 and pl. IX, 7–9; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 247–8 and pl. XLII, 20–22