RPC III, 877

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 877
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 chear 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 shield with spear in centre; helmeted head and sword in scabbard, right; horse’s head and axe, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Reference Frolova Coinage, p. 133. 7; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 264–5. 7; Anokhin 457 = 470
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –2     See Frolova Coinage, p. 133 and pl. XIV, 25; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 264–5 and pl. L, 20