RPC IV.1, 4468 (temporary) (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4468 (temporary) (forgery)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Issue Forgery: King Sauromates II
Dating 193–210
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design draped bust of Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription ΒϘΥ
Edition βϙυʹ
Translation 492
Reverse design laureate-headed bust of Septimius Severus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right; to right, dot
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.89 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova —$
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 15218, authenticity doubtful: bronze cast