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Sestertius - Sauromates I Panticapaeum
| Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom |
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| Year | 93-95 |
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| Value | Sestertius (1) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of King Sauromates I facing right, rendered in a blended Hellenistic-Roman provincial style. The effigy displays a ribbon diadem with trailing ends, and the drapery is visible at the truncation. A circular Greek legend surrounds the portrait, reading clockwise from the upper field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΤΙ. ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC CΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ. |
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Sauromates I ruled the Bosporan Kingdom as a client of Rome, and his coinage reflects that dependency directly — his bronzes were struck on a sestertius-weight standard borrowed from Roman imperial practice, an unusual accommodation for a nominally independent Greek-tradition kingdom on the northern Black Sea. The regnal dating on these pieces anchors them to a narrow window, making them useful chronological markers for the broader Bosporan series.
MacDonald 400/1 is the commoner of the known die pairings for this type; Anokhin 1543 cross-references it within a tightly organized sequence tied to Sauromates I's second decade of rule.