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2 Denarii - Sauromates II
| Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom |
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| Year | 182-192 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ (Translation: [coin] of King Sauromates) |
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Sauromates II ruled the Bosporan Kingdom as a client of Rome, and the denomination itself reflects that dependency — the Bosporan "denarius" was never a true Roman denarius but a local bronze coinage tariffed against Roman monetary reckoning, a convention that gave provincial transactions a legible framework while Rome retained no actual obligation to honor the equivalence. The regnal dating system used on Bosporan coinage of this period, counting from a local Pontic era rather than Roman consular years, complicates precise attribution within the 182–192 window.
Anokhin 1886 places this type among the heavier bronze issues of Sauromates II's reign, a period when Bosporan copper output was substantial and relatively consistent in module.