RPC III, 864

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 864
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates I
Person (obv.) Sauromates I (king)
Issue Bronze: fourth series, fifth 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 ΜΗ
Edition μηʹ
Translation 48
Reverse design wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Reference Frolova Coinage, p. 126. 1; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 257–8. 1; Anokhin 460
Specimens 29 (0 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 864-867: 12.26 g (55)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –29     See Frolova Coinage, p. 126 and pl. XI, 21–27 and XII, 1–8; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 257–8 and pl. XLVI, 11–19, pl. XLVII, 1–7