RPC IV.1, 3775 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3775 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Issue Year ΖΟΥ (477)
Dating 180/1
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 ΖΟΥ
Edition ζουʹ
Translation 477
Reverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right; to right, star
Metal gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.72 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova, p. 169, pl. XXIX.23
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Graf Prokesch-Osten Frolova, p. 169, pl. XXIX.23