RPC IV.1, 3856 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3856 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Dating 174–186
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ (facing outward)
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design draped bust of King Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗ
Edition μηʹ
Translation 48
Reverse design in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.87 g
Reference Frolova, p. 183, pl. XXXV.5–11
Specimens 8 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ St Petersburg: 28552 Frolova, p. 183, pl. XXXV.5
2 2     Moscow: Inv. 4599 Frolova, p. 183, pl. XXXV.6
3 3     Moscow: Inv. 4600 Frolova, p. 183, pl. XXXV.7
4 4     St Petersburg: 28555 Frolova, p. 183, pl. XXXV.8
5 5     Moscow: Inv. 28556 Frolova, p. 183, pl. XXXV.9
6 6     St Petersburg: 28553 Frolova, p. 183, pl. XXXV.10
7 7     St Petersburg: 28554 Frolova, p. 183, pl. XXXV.11
8 8     Odessa