Kings of the Bosporos, Sauromates I Æ 48 Units. Circa AD 93-96. [TI] ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC [CΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ], diademed and draped bust of king left / City wall with gate flanked by two towers; to left, bound prisoner seated beneath tree, MH (mark of value) below. SNG Stancomb 980 (this coin); RPC III, 825; MacDonald 400/1; Frolova 1979, p. 113, pl. 8, 3-6. 19.84g, 29mm, 12h.
Fine/Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the William Stancomb Collection; this coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000);
Ex Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd, 18 June 1979, lot 78.