RPC III, 865

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 865
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 shield with spear in centre; helmeted head and sword in scabbard, right; Horse’s head and axe, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.58 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova Coinage, pp. 126–7. 2; Frolova Monetnoe p. 258. 2 (3 by error); Anokhin 459
Specimens 9 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –7     See Frolova Coinage, p. 127 and pl. XII, 9–13; Frolova Monetnoe p. 258 and pl. XLVII, 8–12
8 8     Krogstad coll.
9 9     ✸ The Coin Cabinet The Euclidean Collection Part 2, 30 May 2024, lot 192