RPC III, 855


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/855 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	III
Number	855
Province	Northern Black Sea
Region	Bosporus
City	Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign	Sauromates I
Person (obv.)	Sauromates I (king)
Person (rev.)	Trajan (Augustus)
Issue	Bronze: fourth series, second group
Dating	AD 108/15
Obverse inscription	ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΗϹ
Obverse design	curule chair with wreath upon it; in left field, shield with spear; in r .field, sceptre with king’s head at top
Reverse inscription	Μ-Η
Reverse design	laureate head of Trajan, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Reference	Frolova Coinage, p. 122. 1; Frolova Monetnoe p. 254. 1; Anokhin 449
Specimens	3 (0 in the core collections)
Note	Average weight of 855-857: 10.12 g (22)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 –2				See Frolova Coinage, p. 122 and pl. XIV, 26; Frolova Monetnoe p. 254 and pl. XLV, 7					Show
3	3 ✸				Rauch MBS 11, 12 Sept. 2006, lot 292	27	7.72			Show