RPC IV, 3871


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/3871 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.1
Number	3871 (temporary)
Province	Northern Black Sea
Region	Bosporus
City	Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign	Sauromates II
Person (obv.)	Sauromates II (king)
Dating	186–196
Obverse inscription	ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ (facing outward)
Obverse design	draped bust of King Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription	Β (in r. field)
Reverse design	nude Heracles (youthful) advancing, right, brandishing club; about to beat horse (one of the Mares of Diomedes), jumping, right; between Heracles' legs, star
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	29 mm
Axis	6
Reference	Frolova, p. 187, pl. XXXVII.20 and pl. XXXVIII.1–2
Specimens	4 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	Moscow: Inv. 4616	Frolova, p. 187, pl. XXXVII.20	27	14.29			Show
2	2	Moscow: Inv. 4617	Frolova, p. 187, pl. XXXVIII.1	28	10.88		Obv.: GIC 63 (Septimius Severus, laureate, bearded bust r. (mainly on reverse))	Show
3	3	St Petersburg: 28617	Frolova, p. 187, pl. XXXVIII.2	28	14.05		Obv.: GIC 63 (Septimius Severus, laureate, bearded bust r. (mainly on reverse))	Show
4	4 ✸		SNG Stancomb 996	33	15.30	6	Rev.: GIC 63 (Septimius Severus, laureate, bearded bust r. (mainly on reverse))	Show