173 AD - 211 AD

Sauromates II   Regnum Bospranum
Σαυρομάτης B'   Βασίλειον Βοσπόρου
 AE 31
 SHH 3704

3704 Sauromates II Regnum BosporianumAE

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Reference
 15.89 g   29.5-32.9 mm   2.4 eqmm   7:00 o'clock   VF   centering  + / +
Diademed and draped bust of bearded Sauromates right;
ΒΑCΙ[ΛΕΩC CΑ]YΡΟΜΑ[ΤΟ]Y anticlockwise around; border of dots.
Herakles facing, advancing left, head right,
armed with bow and arrow which he fires at Strymphalian bird;
denomination mark B with star above in left field; border of dots.
On reverse oval countermark with head of Septimius Severus right
Ref.: C.J. Howgego, Greek Imperial Countermarks (1985) p. 117 No. 63 u. Pl. 4.
Minted: 180-192 AD (Anochin); 180-196 AD (Фролова).
Anochin 607 (174-211 AD); Copenhagen IV --- (174-210 AD);
Фролова I p. 320 Pl. LXXXVI.7/9; Lindgren II ---; McDonald 536 (174-211 AD);
Sear Greek Imperial --- (172-211 AD); Stancomb --- (174-211 AD);
Станиславский 475
EX Borny & Mosch (G&M) 181/1732, 12.10.2009