Sestertius - Sauromates I

Sauromates I ruled the Bosporan Kingdom as a client of Rome, and his coinage reflects that dependency directly — his bronzes were struck in a denomination system borrowed from Roman practice rather than continuing native Bosporan tradition. The RPC III reference places this issue firmly within a Roman provincial framework, cataloged alongside coins struck under Trajan's oversight of the eastern client states.

The Anokhin corpus remains the definitive authority on Bosporan numismatics, and his sequencing of Sauromates I bronzes shows relatively consistent output across the reign with few documented die anomalies for this type.