RPC VI, 2084 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 2084 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates III
Person (obv.) Sauromates III (king)
Issue ΖΚΦ = 527 BE
Dating 230/1
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates III, right; to right, wreath
Reverse inscription ΖΚΦ
Edition ζκφʹ
Translation 527
Reverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right; to right, two globes
Metal debased gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.62 g
Axis 2
Reference MacDonald, Bosporus 586.4, Anokhin 666, Frolova 222
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG EA 486, 24 Feb. 2021, lot 328
2 2     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 160, 9 Oct. 2007, lot 1876