RPC IV.1, 3836 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3836 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Issue Year ΖϞΥ (497)
Dating 200/1
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design draped bust of Sauromates II wearing diadem, right; (to right, club)
Reverse inscription ΖϘΥ
Edition ζϙυʹ
Translation 497
Reverse design to left, laureate head of Septimius Severus, right; to right, laureate-headed bust of Caracalla (youthful), wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left; between, dot (or trident)
Metal gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.62 g
Reference Frolova, p. 178, pl. XXXIII.36 and pl. XXXIV.1
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Moscow: Inv. 522 Frolova, p. 178, pl. XXXIII.36
2 2     ✸ St Petersburg: 931 Frolova, p. 178, pl. XXXIV.1