RPC III, 840

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 840
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates I
Person (obv.) Sauromates I (king)
Issue Bronze: second series, fourth group
Dating AD 98/102
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟϹ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΗϹ
Edition Τιβέριος Ἰούλιος βασιλεὺς Σαυρομάτης Τιβέριος Ἰούλιος βασιλεὺς Σαυρομάτης
Translation Tiberius Julius King Sauromates
Obverse design King Sauromates seated, right, on curule chair, holding sceptre with king’s head at top
Reverse inscription ΤΕΙΜΑΙ ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ, ΜΗ
Edition τειμᾷ βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου μηʹ 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. 118. 2; Frolova Monetnoe p. 249. 2; Anokhin 427
Specimens 10 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1 –10     See Frolova Coinage, p. 118 and pl. IX, 16–21; Frolova Monetnoe p. 249, pl. XLIII, 4–10