Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXIII 24-25 Mar 2022
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Kings of the Bosporos, Sauromates II EL Stater. Dated Bosporan Era 489 = AD 192/3. BACIΛЄѠC CAVPOMATOV, diademed and draped bust of Sauromates to right / Laureate and draped bust of 'generic' Roman emperor to right; globe before, ΘΠV (date) below. RPC IV.1 3812 (temporary); Frolova p. 173, A-a, pl. XXX 36-37 (same dies); MacDonald 500/4; Coins of the Bosporos Online 570-4002-11 (this coin). 7.76g, 19mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine; tooled, area of flatness to rev.
This coin published at Coins of the Bosporos Online (https://bosporan-kingdom.com);
From the GK Collection;
Ex Hess-Divo AG, Auction 336, 27 May 2019, lot 53.
MacDonald suggests that the generic nature of the reverse bust on this coin is due to Sauromates II's reluctance to affiliate himself with a particular ruler in the civil war after the death of Commodus.
Near Extremely Fine; tooled, area of flatness to rev.
This coin published at Coins of the Bosporos Online (https://bosporan-kingdom.com);
From the GK Collection;
Ex Hess-Divo AG, Auction 336, 27 May 2019, lot 53.
MacDonald suggests that the generic nature of the reverse bust on this coin is due to Sauromates II's reluctance to affiliate himself with a particular ruler in the civil war after the death of Commodus.