RPC IV.1, 3779 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3779 (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 (facing outward)
Obverse design draped bust of Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription ΠΥ
Reverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing (cuirass and) paludamentum, right; to right, spear
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 1
Reference Frolova, p. 170, pl. XXIX.25–8, 31
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Moscow: Inv. 482 Frolova, p. 170, pl. XXIX.25
2 2     St Petersburg: 847
3 3     B: Graf Prokesch-Osten Frolova, p. 170, pl. XXIX.26
4 4     ✸ P: 219 Frolova, p. 170, pl. XXIX.27
5 5     St Petersburg: 848 Frolova, p. 170, pl. XXIX.28
6 6     St Petersburg: 850 Frolova, p. 170, pl. XXIX.31 (rev.)