RPC IV.1, 3766 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3766 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Issue Year ϚΟΥ (476)
Dating 179/80
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design draped bust of Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription ϚΟΥ
Edition ϛουʹ
Translation 476
Reverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus(?) (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right; to right, spear
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.74 g
Reference Frolova, p. 169, pl. XXIX.16
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ St Petersburg: 841 Frolova, p. 169, pl. XXIX.16 (rev.)