Stater - Eupator Lucius Verus and Marcus Aurelius

The Bosporan kingdom operated as a client state of Rome, and this stater — issued under King Eupator — reflects that relationship directly: Bosporan gold coinage of this period routinely paired the reigning king with the current Roman emperor or co-emperors as a declaration of political allegiance. In 167, Lucius Verus and Marcus Aurelius were jointly conducting the Parthian War, and Eupator's acknowledgment of both rulers simultaneously was calculated diplomacy, not ceremonial habit.

Eupator's reign was itself a Roman restoration — he had been reinstalled on the Bosporan throne by Rome around 154 AD after a period of dynastic instability.