RPC IV.1, 3885 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3885 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Dating 193–210
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛƐⲰϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ (facing outward, Αs with curved crossbar)
Obverse design draped bust of King Sauromates II wearing diadem, r.
Reverse inscription Β (in r. field)
Reverse design King Sauromates II on horseback, r., carrying transverse spear, raising r. hand; to l. or r., star; to r., laureate head of Septimius Severus, r.
Metal Æ
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Frolova, p. 194, pl. XLII.17–22, 24
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Moscow: Inv. 4693 Frolova, p. 194, pl. XLII.17
2 2     St Petersburg: 28704 Frolova, p. 194, pl. XLII.18
3 3     St Petersburg: 28705
4 4     Odessa
5 5     Moscow: Inv. 4606 Frolova, p. 194, pl. XLII.19
6 6     St Petersburg: 28707 Frolova, p. 194, pl. XLII.20
7 7     St Petersburg: 28708
8 8     St Petersburg: 28709 Frolova, p. 194, pl. XLII.21
9 9     Moscow: Inv. 4694
10 10     St Petersburg: 28710 Frolova, p. 194, pl. XLII.22
11 11     Moscow: Inv. 4695 Frolova, p. 194, pl. XLII.24
12 12     P: 243
13 13     ✸ V: GR 15223
14 14     B: 1908/605