RPC IV.1, 3866 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3866 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Dating 186–196
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛƐⲰϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ (Αs with curved crossbar)
Obverse design draped bust of King Sauromates II wearing diadem, r.
Reverse inscription Β (in r. field or between two figures)
Reverse design to l., King Sauromates II standing, l., wearing militrary dress, holding trident, resting arm on club; to r., Nike standing, l., holding palm-branch, crowning King; in l. field, star
Metal Æ
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Frolova, p. 186, pl. XXXVII.7, 9–13
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Moscow: Inv. 4610 Frolova, p. 186, pl. XXXVII.9
2 2     Moscow: Inv. 4611 Frolova, p. 186, pl. XXXVII.7
3 3     St Petersburg: 28591 Frolova, p. 186, pl. XXXVII.11
4 4     St Petersburg: 28590 Frolova, p. 186, pl. XXXVII.12
5 5     St Petersburg: 28593 Frolova, p. 186, pl. XXXVII.13
6 6     Moscow: Inv. 4612 Frolova, p. 186, pl. XXXVII.10
7 7     ✸ P: 248
8 8     Mu