RPC III, 876

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 876
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 curule chair with wreath upon it; in left field, shield; in r .field, sceptre with king’s head at top
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. 133. 6; Frolova Monetnoe p. 264. 6; Anokhin 455 and 469
Specimens 9 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –9     See Frolova Coinage, p. 133 and pl. XIV, 20–24; Frolova Monetnoe p. 264 anfd pl. L, 15–19