RPC IV.1, 3779 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3779 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Issue Year ΠΥ (480)
Dating 183/4
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 ΠΥ
Edition πυʹ πυʹ
Translation 480
Reverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing (cuirass and) paludamentum, right; to right, spear
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.65 g
Axis 1
Reference Frolova, p. 170, pl. XXIX.25–8, 31
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Moscow: Inv. 482 Frolova, p. 170, pl. XXIX.25
2 2     St Petersburg: 847
3 3     B: Graf Prokesch-Osten Frolova, p. 170, pl. XXIX.26
4 4     ✸ P: 219 Frolova, p. 170, pl. XXIX.27
5 5     St Petersburg: 848 Frolova, p. 170, pl. XXIX.28
6 6     St Petersburg: 850 Frolova, p. 170, pl. XXIX.31 (rev.)
7 7     Künker 433, 10 Nov. 2025, lot 6768