RPC IV.1, 3840 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3840 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Issue Year ΗΡΥ (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 laureate-headed bust of Septimius Severus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.69 g
Reference Frolova, pp. 178–9, pl. XXXIV.9
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ St Petersburg: 938 Frolova, p. 179, pl. XXXIV.9