Re: [tied] Harii/Hirri into (H)eruli?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, george knysh <gknysh@...> wrote:

>
> *****GK: That he certainly is. But this "Naulobates"
> matter is so unusual that you need additional
> information before drawing any conclusions. There is
> nothing on this on the OVMN website at
> www.museum.com.ua but that is not necessarily lethal
> since what they present here is rather selective. They
> do publish a Bulletin. Perhaps that is where Faltin
> took his information from. Perhaps you might ask him
> to be more specific. The only known co-ruler of
> Sauromatos III is one Kotys, who brought out his own
> coins. The reverse of the Sauromatos (and other
> Bosporan royal) coins is usually reserved for the
> Roman Emperor in the 3rd and 4th centuries. I wouldn't
> want to speculate too much here, but until there is
> further corroboration, I remain more than highly
> skeptical about any "Naulobates" as co-ruler of
> Bosporus ca. 233 AD.******

This is the reference:
Odesski Kollektionerni Bulletin Numismatiki (or similar),
Vypusk No. 4, 'Redkie i unikal'nie moneti Savromata II-III',
Odessa, 2000.

Please notice that the point is not if he was a co-ruler, but that
the name was used by the Bosporans, and that the name looks similar
to some Bosporan names - at least for an amateur.

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