RPC IV.1, 3888 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3888 (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 (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 l. field)
Edition βʹ
Translation 2
Reverse design turreted Aphrodite seated, left, holding apple and long transverse sceptre; to left, laureate head of Septimius Severus, left, and small Nike advancing, right, holding wreath and palm-branch; to right, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.93 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova, p. 196, pl. XLIII.20–26
Specimens 11 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Moscow: Inv. 4701 Frolova, p. 196, pl. XLIII.20
2 2     Moscow: Inv. 4702
3 3     St Petersburg: 28732 Frolova, p. 196, pl. XLIII.21
4 4     St Petersburg: 28735 Frolova, p. 196, pl. XLIII.23
5 5     St Petersburg: 28734 Frolova, p. 196, pl. XLIII.22
6 6     St Petersburg: 28733 Frolova, p. 196, pl. XLIII.24
7 7     Moscow: Inv. 4705 Frolova, p. 196, pl. XLIII.25
8 8     Moscow: Inv. 4704
9 9     St Petersburg: 28736 Frolova, p. 196, pl. XLIII.26
10 10     St Petersburg: 28737
11 11     ✸ B: Rauch