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IV.1, 3872 (temporary)
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https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/3872
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Volume
IV.1
Number
3872 (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
Obverse design
draped bust of King Sauromates II wearing diadem, r.
Reverse inscription
Β (in r. field)
Reverse design
nude Heracles (youthful) advancing, r., brandishing club; about to beat Cretan Bull(?), jumping, r.; to l., star
Metal
Æ
Average diameter
31 mm
Average weight
13.48 g
Axis
12
Reference
Frolova, pp. 187–8, pl. XXXVIII.3–4
Specimens
5
Specimens of this coin type
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Reverse
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1
Moscow: Inv. 4618
Frolova, p. 187, pl. XXXVIII.3
29
14.73
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2
St Petersburg: 28613
Frolova, p. 188, pl. XXXVIII.4
30
11.70
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3
St Petersburg: 28614
32
12.88
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4
✸
B: Löbb, authenticity doubtful: cast?
32
15.85
12
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5
Gorny & Mosch 122 (10/03/2003), 1766
30
12.23
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