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.) Cotys II (king)
Person (rev.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚY (420)
Dating AD 123/4
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕⲰϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Cotys II, r.
Reverse inscription ΚΥ
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, r.
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     CNG MBS 53, 15 Mar. 2000, lot 1057
15 15     Aureo and Calicó 258, 20 Mar. 2014, lot 1063
16 16     ✸ Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2523 = ETB coll. (ex CNG EA 454, 16 Oct. 2019, lot 236)