RPC IV.1, 3841 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3841 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Issue Year Φ (500)
Dating 203/4
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Obverse design draped bust of Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription Φ
Reverse design to left, laureate head of Septimius Severus, right; to right, laureate-headed bust of Caracalla (youthful), wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left; between, spear
Metal gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Reference Frolova, p. 179, pl. XXXIV.11
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Moscow: Inv. 526 Frolova, p. 179, pl. XXXIV.11, pierced, 7.78g
2 2     ✸ St Petersburg: 940
3 3     St Petersburg: 941