RPC IV.1, 11772 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 11772 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Issue Year ΕϞΥ (495)
Dating 198/9
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡοΜΑΤοΥ (facing outward)
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design draped bust of Sauromates II wearing diadem, right; in front, club
Reverse inscription ΕϘΥ
Edition εϙυʹ εϙυʹ
Translation 495
Reverse design laureate heads of Septimius Severus (on left) and draped bust of Caracalla (on right, youthful), facing each other
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.74 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova I, p. 177, E-g and Pl. XXXII, 24; McDonald 506/6, Anokhin (2011) p. 259, n° 1819
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bruun Rasmussen 894, 12 May 2020, lot 354
3 3     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 273, 19 Nov. 2020, lot 323 = Heritage NYINC Signature Sale 3113, 8 Jan. 2024, lot 30027