RPC IV.1, 3781 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3781 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Issue Year ΠΥ (480)
Dating 183/4
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design draped bust of Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription ΠΥ
Edition πυʹ
Translation 480
Reverse design laureate head of Commodus, right; to right, spear
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.44 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova, p. 170, pl. XXIX.29–30
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     St Petersburg: 849 Frolova, p. 170, pl. XXIX.29 (rev.)
2 2     Moscow Pushkin: 526 Frolova, p. 170, pl. XXIX.30
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.41080