RPC IV.1, 3871 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3871 (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 (facing outward)
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design draped bust of King Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription Β (in r. field)
Edition βʹ
Translation 2
Reverse design nude Heracles (youthful) advancing, right, brandishing club; about to beat horse (one of the Mares of Diomedes), jumping, right; between Heracles' legs, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.63 g
Axis 6
Reference Frolova, p. 187, pl. XXXVII.20 and pl. XXXVIII.1–2
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Moscow: Inv. 4616 Frolova, p. 187, pl. XXXVII.20
2 2     Moscow: Inv. 4617 Frolova, p. 187, pl. XXXVIII.1
3 3     St Petersburg: 28617 Frolova, p. 187, pl. XXXVIII.2
4 4     ✸ SNG Stancomb 996