RPC III, 837

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 837
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates I
Person (obv.) Sauromates I (king)
Issue Bronze: second series, third group
Dating AD 98/102
Obverse inscription ΤΙ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΩϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ, ΜΗ
Edition Τι(βέριος) Ἰούλιος βασιλεὺς Σαυρομάτου μηʹ
Translation of Tiberius Julius king Sauromates, 48
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates I, right facing bust of queen, left
Reverse inscription ΜΗ
Edition μηʹ
Translation 48
Reverse design wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 8.17 g
Reference Frolova Coinage, p. 117. 2; Frolova Monetnoe p. 248. 2; Anokhin 440
Specimens 4 (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, 11–12; Frolova Monetnoe p. 248 and pl. XLII, 24–25
4 4     ✸ Gemini V, 6 Jan. 2009, lot 591