RPC IV.1, 3810 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3810 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Issue Year ΖΠΥ (487)
Dating 190/1
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ (facing outward)
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design draped bust of Sauromates II wearing diadem, right; (to right, club)
Reverse inscription ΖΠΥ
Edition ζπυ(')
Translation (year) 487
Reverse design laureate head of Commodus, right; (to right, star)
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.68 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Frolova, p. 172, pl. XXX.26–8, 33
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Moscow: Inv. 490 Frolova, p. 172, pl. XXX.26
2 2     St Petersburg: 870
3 3     St Petersburg: 871
4 4     B: (Löbb) Frolova, p. 172, pl. XXX.27
5 5     Moscow: Inv. 491 Frolova, p. 172, pl. XXX.28
6 6     St Petersburg: 868
7 7     ✸ B: v. Knobelsdorff Frolova, p. 172, pl. XXX.33
8 8     Lanz, pl. 6.270
9 9     Kiev, Historical Museum 16