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Stater - Sauromates II Marcus Aurelius or Commodus
| Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom |
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| Year | 180 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of King Sauromates II facing right, rendered in the local Bosporan style with flowing hair and beard. The effigy displays a prominent diadem and layered drapery over the shoulder. A circular Greek legend surrounds the portrait within a beaded border, reading ΒΑϹΙΛΕΩϹ ϹΑΥΡΟΜAΤΟΥ, identifying the issuing monarch. The workmanship reflects the hybrid Greco-barbarian artistic tradition characteristic of Bosporan royal coinage of the late 2nd century AD. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡοΜΑΤοΥ (Translation: [coin] of King Sauromates) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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