2 Denarii - Sauromates II

Features

Issuer	Bosporan Kingdom
King	Sauromates II (174-210)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	182-192
Value	2 Denarii (120)
Currency	Bosporan Units
Composition	Copper
Weight	16.30 g
Diameter	34 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 485447
References	Anokhin# 1884 Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 2011. Античные монеты Северного Причерноморья = Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region. Stilos, Kyiv, Ukraine. , MacDonald# 535 David J. MacDonald; 2005. An introduction to the history and coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus: including the coinage of Panticapaeum (with Apollonia and Myrmecium), Phanagoria, Gorgippia, Sindicus Limen or the Sindoi, Nymphaeum, Theodosia and the kings of the Cimmerian Bosporus. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

Obverse

Bust of King Sauromates II to right.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡοΜΑΤοΥ

Translation: [coin] of King Sauromates

Reverse

Naked Hercules with a lion skin thrown over his shoulders to the right, holding the Ceryneian hind with his left hand, swinging a club with his right; marks of value (* B) across the field.

Script: Greek

Lettering: * B

Unabridged legend: * βʹ

Translation: 2 Denarii

Mint

Panticapaeum, Tauric Chersonesus, modern-day Kerch, Ukraine

Comments

Dating according to Anokhin.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (182-192)

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