Roman Provincial coin – HCR137653

Obverse

Inscription:

ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ

Design:

Bust of Rhescuporis I, diademed and draped, right

Inscription:

ΖΙΥ

Design:

Head of Hadrian, laureate, right

Period

Roman Provincial

Dynasty

Tiberian-Julian

Reign

Sauromates I

Person

Hadrian, 117 – 138 CE (ruler/authority) , Sauromates I, King, 93 - 123 CE (ruler/authority)

Mint

Kingdom of the Bosporus (Roman Provincial)

Denomination

Stater

Material

gold

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 120/1

Weight (g)

7.81

Axis

Diameter (mm)

20.4

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

1935

Source

Sir Arthur Evans (ex Sir John Evans)

Acquisition credit

Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, 1935.

Reference

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