RPC III, 878

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 878
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Cotys II
Person (obv.) Kotys II (king)
Person (rev.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚY (420)
Dating AD 123/4
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Kotys II, right
Reverse inscription ΚΥ
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 12
Reference Anokhin 471
Specimens 16 (0 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 878-883: 7.79g (28)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –13     Frolova Coinage, pp. 133–134 and pl. XV, 1–9; Frolova Monetnoe p. 265 and pl. LI, 1–9
14 14     Aureo and Calicó 258, 20 Mar. 2014, lot 1063
15 15     R. Pudill coll. (ex Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp. 14, 23 June 2018, lot 1483)
16 16     ✸ Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2523 = ETB coll. (ex CNG EA 454, 16 Oct. 2019, lot 236)