RPC IV.1, 3868 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3868 (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 ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design draped bust of King Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription Β (in r. field) ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition βʹ βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation 2, of King Sauromates
Reverse design King Sauromates II standing, left, wearing military dress(?), holding trident(?), resting arm on club(?); to left, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 18.24 g
Reference Frolova, p. 186, pl. XXXVII.15
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ St Petersburg: 28599 Frolova, p. 186, pl. XXXVII.15
2 2     St Petersburg: 28600