RPC IV.1, 3814 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3814 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Issue Year ϞΥ (490)
Dating 193/4
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ (facing outward)
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design draped bust of Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription ϘΥ
Edition ϙυʹ
Translation 490
Reverse design laureate-headed bust of Septimius Severus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right; to right, dot
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.55 g
Axis 12
Reference Frolova, p. 173, pl. XXXI.1–4, 9
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Moscow: Inv. 493 Frolova, p. 173, pl. XXXI.1
2 2     St Petersburg: 880
3 3     St Petersburg: 876
4 4     Odessa: Inv. 52094 Frolova, p. 173, pl. XXXI.9
5 5     St Petersburg: 877 Frolova, p. 173, pl. XXXI.2
6 6     ✸ L Frolova, p. 173, pl. XXXI.3
7 7     B: Graf Prokesch-Osten Frolova, p. 173, pl. XXXI.4