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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4452744, member: 99456&quot;]Thanks for another interesting coin and post, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]!&nbsp; Here is a coin of the Bosporan Kingdom from the son of the nephew of Mithridates III:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1111145[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Sauromates I</b>, AD 93/4-123/4, Æ 48 Units, struck AD 117/8-123</p><p><b>Obv:</b> diademed and draped bust right</p><p><b>Rev: </b>MH (mark of value - 48) within wreath</p><p><b>I will now add a note:</b></p><p>Tiberius Julius Sauromates I Philocaesar Philoromaios Eusebes aka Sauromates I, <i>lover of Caesar, lover of Rome, and most Pius</i>, was descended from Mark Antony,&nbsp; his great-great-great-great-great-grandfather.&nbsp; Sauromates I had no shortage of royal relatives.&nbsp; He was a descendant of Greek Macedonian Kings (all of whom served under King Alexander the Great)</p><ul> <li>Antigonus I Monophthalmus</li> <li>Seleucus I Nicator</li> <li>Antipater (regent)</li> </ul><p>and Mithridates VI of Pontus + Laodice (his wife and sister)</p><p>and Bosporan King Asander</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1111235[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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