RPC III, 863

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 863
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
Edition Βασιλεὺς Σαυρομάτης
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗ
Edition μηʹ
Translation 48
Reverse design wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.45 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova Coinage, p. 125. 3; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 256–7. 3; Anokhin 445
Specimens 23 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –21     See Frolova Coinage, p. 125 and pl. XI, 14–20; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 256–7 and pl. XLVI, 4–10
22 22     Freiburg: 13958
23 23     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 119, 24 Apr. 2024, lot 523 = Roma Numismatics EA 106, 16 Feb. 2023, lot 225