RPC IV, 3761


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/3761 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.1
Number	3761 (temporary)
Province	Northern Black Sea
Region	Bosporus
City	Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign	Sauromates II
Person (obv.)	Sauromates II (king)
Issue	Year ΒΟΥ (472)
Dating	175/6
Obverse inscription	ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition	Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation	of King Sauromates
Obverse design	draped bust of Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription	ΒΟΥ
Edition	βουʹ
Translation	472
Reverse design	laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right; to right, spear
Metal	gold
Average diameter	19 mm
Average weight	7.88 g
Reference	Frolova, p. 168, pl. XXIX.7–8
Specimens	3 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	More
1	1 ✸	St Petersburg: 835	Frolova, p. 168, pl. XXIX.7	19	7.85	Show
2	2		Naville [Geneva] 5 (18/06/1923), 2365, pl. 66 = Frolova, p. 168, pl. XXIX.8	19	7.88	Show
3	3		Private coll., Moscow		7.92	Show