RPC III, 872

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 872
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates I
Person (obv.) Sauromates I (king)
Issue Bronze: sixth series
Dating AD 117–8/23
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates, right; in front, trident; behind, club
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. 131. 2; Frolova Monetnoe p. 262. 2; Anokhin 465
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –5     See Frolova Coinage, p. 131 and pl. XIII, 26–28; Frolova Monetnoe p. 262 and pl. XLIX, 11–13