RPC IV.1, 3848 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3848 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Issue Year ΖΦ (507)
Dating 210/11
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡοΜΑΤοΥ (facing outward, Αs with curved crossbar)
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design draped bust of Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription ΖΦ
Edition ζφʹ
Translation 507
Reverse design laureate head of Septimius Severus, right; to right, bird (or trident)
Metal gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.60 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova, p. 181, pl. XXXIV.31–5
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Moscow: Inv. 584 Frolova, p. 181, pl. XXXIV.31
2 2     Moscow: Inv. 533 Frolova, p. 181, pl. XXXIV.32
3 3     St Petersburg: 952
4 4     L Frolova, p. 181, pl. XXXIV.33
5 5     St Petersburg: 951 Frolova, p. 181, pl. XXXIV.34
6 6     ✸ B: (Löbb) Frolova, p. 181, pl. XXXIV.35