Stater - Aspurgus

Aspurgus consolidated Bosporan power by simultaneously cultivating client relationships with both Augustus and, later, Tiberius — a careful diplomatic balancing act that kept the kingdom nominally independent while Roman legions were never far from the northern Black Sea coast. His gold staters mark the beginning of a distinct dynastic coinage tradition that would continue, with increasing debasement, for over two centuries.

The regnal year 36 in the Bosporan era corresponds to 39/40 AD, placing this piece late in his reign, which ended around 38–39 AD by most scholarly reckonings.