RPC VI, 2091


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/2091 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	VI
Number	2091 (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
Obverse design	diademed and draped bust of Sauromates III, right; to right, wreath
Reverse inscription	ZΚΦ
Reverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right; to right, two globes
Metal	debased gold
Average diameter	20 mm
Axis	12
Reference	BMC 2, MacDonald, Bosporus 586.5, Anokhin 666, Frolova 222
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1845,0106.9a	BMC 2	19	7.41	12	Show
2	2		Gorny & Mosch 280, 11 Oct. 2021, lot 510	20	7.23		Show
3	3		L. Adams coll. = MacDonald, Bosporus 586/5				Show