RPC VI, 2091 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
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
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right; to right, two globes
Metal debased gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.32 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 2, MacDonald, Bosporus 586.5, Anokhin 666, Frolova 222
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1845,0106.9a BMC 2
2 2     Gorny & Mosch 280, 11 Oct. 2021, lot 510
3 3     L. Adams coll. = MacDonald, Bosporus 586/5