RPC III, 866

 

Image of specimen #18

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 866
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 Μ-Η
Edition μηʹ
Translation 48
Reverse design Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 10.22 g
Axis 11
Reference Frolova Coinage, p. 127. 3; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 258–9. 3; Anokhin 458
Specimens 18 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –17     See Frolova Coinage, p. 127 and pl. XII, 14–15; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 258–9 and pl. XLVII, 13–14
18 18     ✸ The Coin Cabinet The Euclidean Collection Part 2, 30 May 2024, lot 191