RPC IV, 3846


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/3846 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.1
Number	3846 (temporary)
Province	Northern Black Sea
Region	Bosporus
City	Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign	Sauromates II
Person (obv.)	Sauromates II (king)
Issue	Year EΦ (505)
Dating	208/9
Obverse inscription	ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Obverse design	draped bust of Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription	ΕΦ
Reverse design	laureate head of Septimius Severus, right; to right, bird
Metal	gold
Average diameter	20 mm
Reference	Frolova, pp. 180–1, pl. XXXIV.22–4
Specimens	4 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	More
1	1 ✸	Moscow: Inv. 529	Frolova, p. 180, pl. XXXIV.22	19	7.60	Show
2	2	Moscow: Inv. 530	Frolova, p. 180, pl. XXXIV.23	19	7.59	Show
3	3	St Petersburg: 946	Frolova, p. 181, pl. XXXIV.24	21	7.69	Show
4	4		Cahn 66 (1930), 272		7.73	Show