RPC IV.1, 3820 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3820 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Issue Year ΑϞΥ (491)
Dating 194/5
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 ΑϘΥ
Edition αϙυʹ
Translation 491
Reverse design laureate head of Septimius Severus, right; (to right, dot, club or trident)
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.70 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova, p. 174, pl. XXXI.13–16, 19–24
Specimens 13 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Moscow: Inv. 496 Frolova, p. 174, pl. XXXI.13
2 2     St Petersburg: 883
3 3     St Petersburg: 886
4 4     ✸ B: Graf Prokesch-Osten Frolova, p. 174, pl. XXXI.14
5 5     Moscow: Inv. 497 Frolova, p. 174, pl. XXXI.15
6 6     Moscow: Inv. 498? Frolova, p. 174, pl. XXXI.16
7 7     Moscow: Inv. 499 Frolova, p. 174, pl. XXXI.19
8 8     Moscow: Inv. 500 Frolova, p. 174, pl. XXXI.20
9 9     Kiev, Historical Museum 107
10 10     St Petersburg: 882 Frolova, p. 174, pl. XXXI.21
11 11     St Petersburg: 888 Frolova, p. 174, pl. XXXI.22
12 12     Private coll., Moscow = Frolova, p. 174, pl. XXXI.23
13 13     Odessa: Inv. 52102 Frolova, p. 174, pl. XXXI.24