Sauromates I was a prince and Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom. He was the son and heir of the Bosporan King Rhescuporis I by an unnamed wife, and was of Greek, Iranian and Roman ancestry.
Sauromates I continued his father’s legacy of rebuilding the Bosporan Kingdom. In 68, Rhescuporis I had restored the Bosporan Kingdom, previously a part of the Roman province of Moesia Inferior, as a semi-independent Roman Client State. On coins, his royal title is in Greek: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ or of King Sauromates.
Sauromates I married an unnamed woman and had a son called Cotys II. Cotys II would succeed his father. Through his son, Sauromates I would have three descendants ruling the Bosporan that would bear his name.
Sauromates I continued his father’s legacy of rebuilding the Bosporan Kingdom. In 68, Rhescuporis I had restored the Bosporan Kingdom, previously a part of the Roman province of Moesia Inferior, as a semi-independent Roman Client State. On coins, his royal title is in Greek: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΑΥΡΟΜΑΤΟΥ or of King Sauromates.
Sauromates I married an unnamed woman and had a son called Cotys II. Cotys II would succeed his father. Through his son, Sauromates I would have three descendants ruling the Bosporan that would bear his name.
Epithet: Philocaesar Philoromaios Eusebes ("the Pious lover of Caesar and of Rome")
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Sauromates I
Obverse: BACIΛЄωC CAYPOMATOY / bust of king right
Reverse: MH / round shield with spear; horses head and axe in field to left; helmet and sword in field to right
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Die Orientation: -
Weight: 14.16 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 14.16 g
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