RPC IV.1, 3838 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3838 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Issue Year ΗϞY (498)
Dating 201/2
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡοΜΑΤοΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design draped bust of Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription ΗϘΥ
Edition ηϙυʹ
Translation 498
Reverse design to left, laureate head of Septimius Severus, right; to right, laureate-headed bust of Caracalla (youthful), wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left; (between, trident)
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.67 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova, pp. 178–9, pl. XXXIV.2, 7–8, 10
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Moscow: Inv. 524 Frolova, p. 179, pl. XXXIV.2
2 2     St Petersburg: 935
3 3     St Petersburg: 936 Frolova, p. 179, pl. XXXIV.7
4 4     St Petersburg: 937 Frolova, p. 179, pl. XXXIV.8
5 5     P: 233 Frolova, p. 179, pl. XXXIV.10
7 7     ✸ NY: 1944.100.41085