RPC IV.1, 10321 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10321 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Dating 186–196
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡοΜΑΤοΥ (facing outward)
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design draped bust of King Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription ΡΜΔ (facing outward)
Edition ρμδʹ
Translation 144
Reverse design eagle standing, facing, head, left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.61 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova —
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: (Löbb)
2 2     C: SNG 1613 (Sir E. H. Minns)