RPC IV.1, 25095 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 25095 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Issue Year ΓϞΥ (493)
Dating 196/7
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ (facing outward)
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design draped bust of Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription ΓϘΥ
Edition γϙυʹ
Translation 493
Reverse design laureate head of Septimius Severus, right; to right, star
Metal gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.66 g
Reference Frolova, p. 175, pl. XXXI.35–7 and pl. XXXII.1–6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Yothr coll.