RPC IV.1, 25897 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 25897 (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
Reverse inscription ΕϘΥ
Edition εϙυʹ εϙυʹ
Translation 495
Reverse design draped busts of Septimius Severus (on left) and Caracalla (on right, youthful), facing each other; in the middle, crescent
Metal gold
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.72 g
Axis 10
Reference McDonald 506/10
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Walvis Auction 1, 5 June 2026, lot 159
21 21     NY: 1944.100.41083