RPC III, 859

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 859
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates I
Person (obv.) Sauromates I (king)
Issue Bronze: fourth series, third group
Dating AD 108/15
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates, right
Reverse inscription Μ-Η
Edition μηʹ
Translation 48
Reverse design Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Reference Frolova Coinage, p. 124. 2; Frolova Monetnoe p. 255. 2; Anokhin 453
Specimens 14 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –14     See Frolova Coinage, p. 124 and pl. XI, 6–9; Frolova Monetnoe p. 255 and pl. XLV, 16–19