bpv_278590 - BOSPORUS - KINGDOM OF BOSPORUS - SAUROMATES I Quarante-huit nummia
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 145.00 €
Type : Quarante-huit nummia
Date: c. 90-96
Mint name / Town : Panticapée, Bosphore
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 13,81 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, bien centré au droit, court au revers. Beau portrait de Sauromates Ier à l’usure régulière. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine noire, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Sauromates Ier à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque (A’01).
Obverse legend : BASILEUS SAUROMATHU, (Basileus Sauromaths)
Obverse translation : (roi Sauromates).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MH,.
Reverse description : Deux lettres grecques dans une couronne de chêne.
Reverse translation : (48).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Rubans de type 3. Forme épigraphique inhabituelle au droit beaucoup plus rare.
Heavyweight. Type 3 ribbons. Unusual epigraphic form on the much rarer obverse.
Heavyweight. Type 3 ribbons. Unusual epigraphic form on the much rarer obverse.
Historical background
BOSPORUS - KINGDOM OF BOSPORUS - SAUROMATES I
(93-123)
Sauromates I succeeded in 90 to his father Rheskuporis I who, like him, bears the names of Tiberios Julios (for Tiberius Julius) while his grandfather, Kotys I (45-63) had borne the nicknames of Tiberios Claudios (for the Emperor Claudius), then Neronos Claudios (in honor of Nero). The kingdom of the Bosphorus was annexed by the Romans between 63 and 68. It was returned by Vespasian in 68 for the benefit of Rheskuporis I (69-93). Sauromates I reigned under the emperors Domitian (81-96), Nerva (96-98), Trajan (97-117) and Hadrian (117-138). On his death, Kotys II (123-133) succeeded him.
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