RPC IV.1, 3887 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3887 (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 (Αs with curved crossbar)
Obverse design draped bust of King Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription Β (in r. field)
Reverse design turreted Aphrodite seated, left, holding apple over small Eros and long transverse sceptre; to left, laureate head of Septimius Severus, right; to right, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 10, 12
Reference Frolova, p. 196, pl. XLIII.16–19
Specimens 12 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Moscow: Inv. 4697 Frolova, p. 196, pl. XLIII.16
2 2     Moscow: Inv. 4699
3 3     St Petersburg: 28727
4 4     St Petersburg: 28728 Frolova, p. 196, pl. XLIII.17
5 5     Moscow: Inv. 7700
6 6     Moscow: Inv. 4698 Frolova, p. 196, pl. XLIII.19
7 7     St Petersburg: 28729
8 8     St Petersburg: 28730 Frolova, p. 196, pl. XLIII.18
9 9     P: 252, obverse worn, on reverse, Eros obscure, thus attribution to this type uncertain
10 10     P: 253, on reverse, B obscure
11 11     ✸ P: 254
12 12     O