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Sestertius - Sauromates I
| Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom (Bosporos) |
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| Year | 108-115 |
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| Currency | Bosporan Units |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of King Sauromates I facing right, rendered in a provincial Hellenistic style with flowing locks of hair falling behind the neck. The effigy displays the ruler wearing a diadem and paludamentum, characteristic of Bosporan royal portraiture. A Greek legend surrounds the bust within a beaded border, reading ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ, identifying the issuer as King Sauromates. |
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| Reverse description | Bare laureate head of the Roman Emperor Trajan facing right, depicted in a crisp provincial style with clearly rendered laurel wreath and the ribbon ties visible at the nape of the neck. The field is flanked on either side by the Greek numerals M and H, denoting the denomination of 48 units. The design is enclosed within a plain beaded border, underscoring the Bosporan kingdom's close political and numismatic alignment with Rome during Trajan's reign. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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