RPC IV.1, 3842 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3842 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Issue Year ΑΦ (501)
Dating 204/5
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design draped bust of Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription ΑΦ
Edition αφʹ αφʹ
Translation 501
Reverse design to left, laureate head of Septimius Severus, right; to right, laureate-headed bust of Caracalla (youthful), wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left; between, sword(?)
Metal gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.62 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova, pp. 179–80, pl. XXXIV.12–16
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Moscow: Inv. 527 Frolova, p. 179, pl. XXXIV.12
2 2     St Petersburg: 942
3 3     St Petersburg: 28540 Frolova, p. 179, pl. XXXIV.16
4 4     St Petersburg: 943
5 5     L Frolova, p. 180, pl. XXXIV.14
6 6     Private coll., Moscow = Frolova, p. 180, pl. XXXIV.15
7 7     P: 235 Frolova, p. 180, pl. XXXIV.13
8 8     ✸ NY: 1967.152.387
9 9     C: SNG 1612 Y 1936/727 = Burbury 32