RPC III, 860

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 860
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
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗ
Reverse design wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 12
Reference Frolova Coinage, p. 124. 3; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 255–6. 3; Anokhin 454
Specimens 16 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A Tricarico coll.
2 2 –15     See Frolova Coinage, p. 124 and pl. XI, 10–11; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 255–6 and pl. XLV, 20, pl. XLVI, 1
16 16     Freiburg: 13957