RPC VI, 2085 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 2085 (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 ΒΑϹΙΛƐⲰϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates III, r.
Reverse inscription ZΚΦ
Reverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, r.; to r., one globe
Metal Debased gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 1
Reference MacDonald, Bosporus 586.1, Anokhin 666, Frolova 222
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 280, 11 Oct. 2021, lot 507
2 2     Heritage NYINC Signature Sale 3098, 18 Jan. 2022, lot 33113
3 3     Hirsch 298, 7 May 2014, lot 293