Kings of the Bosporos, Sauromates I Æ 48 Units. Circa AD 108-115. ΒΑCΙΛΕWC [CΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ], diademed and draped bust of king right / Nike standing left holding wreath and palm, M-H (mark of value) across field. SNG Stancomb 983 (this coin); RPC II, 861; MacDonald 397/6; Frolova 1979, p. 125, pl. 11, 8. 15.45g, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very Rare; only seven examples cited in RPC.
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 81.