RPC IV.1, 3889 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3889 (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; (to right, rosette)
Reverse inscription ΡΜΔ
Edition ρμδʹ
Translation 144
Reverse design eagle standing, left, head, right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak; to right, laureate head of Septimius Severus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.23 g
Axis 6
Reference Frolova, pp. 196–7, pl. XLIII.27–29 and pl. XLIV.1–2
Specimens 15 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Moscow: Inv. 4720 Frolova, p. 196, pl. XLIII.27
2 2     Moscow: Inv. 4721 Frolova, p. 196, pl. XLIII.28
3 3     Moscow: Inv. 4722
4 4     Moscow: Inv. 4723
5 5     St Petersburg: 28738 Frolova, p. 197, pl. XLIII.29
6 6     St Petersburg: 28739
7 7     St Petersburg: 28740
8 8     St Petersburg: 28741
9 9     Odessa
10 10     St Petersburg: 28742
11 11     Moscow: Inv. 4724 Frolova, p. 197, pl. XLIV.1
12 12     Moscow: Inv. 4725
13 13     St Petersburg: 28743 Frolova, p. 197, pl. XLIV.2
14 14     ✸ P: 263
15 15     B: Graf Prokesch-Osten