RPC III, 868

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 868
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates I
Person (obv.) Sauromates I (king)
Issue Bronze: fifth series
Dating AD 115/17–18
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
Reference Frolova Coinage, p. 128. 1; Frolova Monetnoe p. 259. 1; Anokhin 462
Specimens 8 (0 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 868-870: 12.26 g (69)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –8     See Frolova Coinage, p. 128 and pl. XII, 18; Frolova Monetnoe p. 259 and pl. XLVII, 17