KINGS of BOSPORUS. Sauromates I, with Hadrian. AD 93/4-123/4. AV Stater (19mm, 7.77 g, 12h). Dated BE 420 (AD 123/4). EF.CNG Feature Auction 127 Roman Provincial, Gold Estimate: $ 2 000 |
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KINGS of BOSPORUS. Sauromates I, with Hadrian. AD 93/4-123/4. AV Stater (19mm, 7.77 g, 12h). Dated BE 420 (AD 123/4). BACIΛЄC CAYPOMATOY, diademed and draped bust of Sauromates I right / Laureate head of Hadrian right, KY (date) below. Frolova p. 111, pl. VII, 15 (dies A-a) = RPC III 818.1 = Burachkov (pub. 1884), pl. XXVIII, 147 (this coin); Anokhin 1540; MacDonald 394. Red hue, minor flan crack, hairlines, reverse die shift. EF. Extremely rare, only this coin known to RPC, a second cited in Anokhin. |