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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Egry, post: 7346072, member: 113686&quot;]<font size="4">Great coin! My Bosporian collection is growing, I have ancestry from Ukraine so I am actively collecting all the Bosporian Kings. I also have a few coins from Cimmerian Bosporos but they tend to demand a higher purchase price than the later kingdom.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">My bronze coin of Sauromates I is definitely not anywhere near as beautiful as your coin.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1281530[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Kings of Bosporus, Sauromates I Æ 48 Units. Struck AD 108-115. [BACI]ΛЄѠC CAYPOMATOY, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, trident(?) or E(?) before / MH within laurel wreath. MacDonald 398/5. 14.96g, 27mm, 11h.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">The main reason I purchased this coin is because of the trident, which in my opinion only may be one of the earliest representations of the Tryzub which is the Ukrainian coat of arms.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1281531[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Before I knew anything about he Bosporian Kingdom, I remember seeing a Bosporian gold stater with Caracalla and Rhescuporis II at my local coin shop. I remember looking at it and casually passing it by not interested at all (what an idiot I was).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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