RPC IV.1, 3886 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3886 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Dating 193–210
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡοΜΑΤοΥ (facing outward, Αs with curved crossbar)
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design draped bust of King Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription Β (in l. field)
Edition βʹ
Translation 2
Reverse design turreted Aphrodite seated, left, holding apple (and long transverse sceptre); to left, laureate head of Septimius Severus, right; to right or left, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.75 g
Axis 5, 6, 7, 12
Reference Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLII.23, 25–31 and pl. XLIII.1–15, Cop 67
Specimens 45 (15 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Moscow: Inv. 4706 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLII.25
2 2     Moscow: Inv. 4716
3 3     Moscow: Inv. 4710 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLII.23
4 4     Moscow: Inv. 4709 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLII.26
5 5     Moscow: Inv. 4708
6 6     Moscow: Inv. 4711 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLII.27
7 7     St Petersburg: 28717 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLII.28
8 8     St Petersburg: 28719 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLII.29
9 9     St Petersburg: 28721 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLII.30
10 10     Moscow: Inv. 4712 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLIII.1
11 11     Moscow: Inv. 4719
12 12     Odessa
13 13     St Petersburg: 4713 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLIII.2
14 14     St Petersburg: 28713 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLII.31
15 15     St Petersburg: 28714
16 16     St Petersburg: 28715 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLIII.3
17 17     St Petersburg: 28726 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLIII.4
18 18     St Petersburg: 28731 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLIII.5
19 19     St Petersburg: 28716 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLIII.6
20 20     St Petersburg: 28722 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLIII.7
21 21     St Petersburg: 28723 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLIII.8
22 22     St Petersburg: 28724 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLIII.9
23 23     St Petersburg: 28725 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLIII.10
24 24     Moscow: Inv. 4717 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLIII.11
25 25     Moscow: Inv. 4714 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLIII.12
26 26     St Petersburg: 28711 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLIII.13
27 27     St Petersburg: 28714 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLIII.14
28 28     Odessa: Inv. 23758 Frolova, p. 195, pl. XLIII.15
29 29     P: 246, reverse with sceptre
30 30     P: 256, reverse with sceptre
31 31     P: 257, reverse with sceptre
32 32     ✸ P: 258, reverse with sceptre
33 33     P: 255
34 34     Mu: acc. 23813, obverse worn
35 35     Mu: acc. 68060
36 36     NY: 1944.100.41090
37 37     Yale: ex PRF, reverse with sceptre and BM as reverse legend
38 38     B: 1873/101, reverse with sceptre
39 39     B: v. Gansauge 1873
40 40     B: Löbb, reverse with sceptre, authenticity doubtful: cast?
41 41     Cop: 67
42 42     O
43 43     O
44 44     SNG Stancomb 999
45 45     V: GR 15220, reverse with sceptre