RPC III, 880

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 880
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 ΒΚY (422)
Dating AD 125/6
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕⲰϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Cotys II, r.
Reverse inscription ΒΚΥ
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, r.
Metal Gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 12
Reference Anokhin 473
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –3     Frolova Coinage, p. 134 and pl. XV, 12–14; Frolova Monetnoe p. 266 and pl. LI, 12–14
4 4     ✸ CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1028 = CNG Triton XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, lot 492
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 147, 7 Mar. 2006, lot 1649
6 6     Gorny & Mosch 180, 12 Oct. 2009, lot 272 (ex Gorny & Mosch 146, 6 Mar. 2006, lot 326)