RPC IV, 3874


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/3874 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.1
Number	3874 (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 (facing outward)
Obverse design	draped bust of King Sauromates II wearing diadem, r.
Reverse inscription	Β (in r. field)
Reverse design	nude Heracles (youthful) seated on rock, l., holding patera, resting arm on club; to r., star
Metal	Æ
Average diameter	31 mm
Reference	Frolova, p. 188, pl. XXXVIII.6, 8
Specimens	3 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Note	More
1	1	Moscow: Inv. 4620	Frolova, p. 188, pl. XXXVIII.6	30	12.14		Show
2	2	St Petersburg: 28603	Frolova, p. 188, pl. XXXVIII.8	31	15.53	Rev.: GIC 63 (Septimius Severus, laureate, bearded bust r.)	Show
3	3 ✸		Gorny & Mosch 152 (10/10/2006), 1744	30.5	14.66	Rev.: GIC 63 (Septimius Severus, laureate, bearded bust r.)	Show