RPC IV.1, 3880 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3880 (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 ϘϚ
Edition ϙϛʹ
Translation 96
Reverse design eagle standing, left, head, right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak; to left, palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.59 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova, p. 193, pl. XLII.3
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A.L. Bertier de la Garde, Differenty, pp. 312–313 = Frolova, p. 193, pl. XLII.3
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.41091