RPC VI, 2087 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 2087 (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
Reverse inscription ΖΚΦ
Edition ζκφʹ
Translation 527
Reverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right; to right, three globes
Metal debased gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.59 g
Reference MacDonald, Bosporus 586.6, Anokhin 666, Frolova 222
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 280, 11 Oct. 2021, lot 505 (ex Gorny & Mosch 273, 19 Nov. 2020, lot 348)