RPC IV.1, 3885 (temporary)

 

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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 ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ (facing outward, Αs with curved crossbar)
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 King Sauromates II on horseback, right, carrying transverse spear, raising right hand; to left or right, star; to right, laureate head of Septimius Severus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.61 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Frolova, p. 194, pl. XLII.17–22, 24
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)
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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