RPC VI, 2079 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 2079 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates III
Person (obv.) Sauromates III (king)
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates III, right
Reverse inscription
Reverse design Aphrodite Apatura seated left, holding patera; to left or right, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.54 g
Axis 12
Reference MacDonald, Bosporus 588
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Agora Auctions Numismatic 64, 24 Jan. 2017, lot 94 (ex Agora Auctions Numismatic 60, 9 Aug. 2016, lot 107)
2 2     CNG EA 299, 27 Mar. 2013, lot 109
3 3     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 73, 23 July 2020, lot 137 (= SNG Stancomb 1013)