Kings of the Bosporos, Sauromates I Æ 48 Units. Circa AD 98-103/4. ΤΙΒЄΡΙΟϹ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛЄΥϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤHC, Sauromates seated to right on curule chair, holding sceptre with emperor's image / ΤЄΙΜΑΙ ΒΑϹΙΛЄѠϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ, wreath set upon curule chair; shield to left, sceptre with emperor's head to right; MH (mark of value) below. RPC III 841; MacDonald 418; Frolova 1979, pp. 118-9, 3; Anokhin 428. 10.23g, 25mm, 6h.

Very Fine; tooled and smoothed. Rare.

From the collection of GK.