RPC III, 813

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 813
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates I
Person (obv.) Sauromates I (king)
Person (rev.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year ƐΙY (415)
Dating AD 118/19
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Sauromates I, right
Reverse inscription ΕΙΥ
Edition ειυʹ
Translation (year) 415
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.85 g
Reference Anokhin 408
Specimens 8 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –7     Frolova Coinage, p. 108 and pl. VI, 12–18; Frolova Monetnoe p. 239 and pl. XXXVIII, 7–13
8 8     ✸ Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio 173, 8 Jan. 2013, lot 184