RPC III, 861

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 861
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates I
Person (obv.) Sauromates I (king)
Issue Bronze: fourth series, fourth group
Dating AD 108/15
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΗϹ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates, right
Reverse inscription Μ-Η
Reverse design Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Reference Frolova Coinage, pp. 124–5. 1; Frolova Monetnoe p. 256. 1; Anokhin 444
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 861-863: 11.06 g (25)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –6     See Frolova Coinage, pp. 124–5 and pl. XI, 12; Frolova Monetnoe p. 256 and pl. XLVI, 2
7 7     ✸ CNG EA 299, 27 Mar. 2013, lot 98