RPC III, 880

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 880
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 ΒΚY (422)
Dating AD 125/6
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Edition Βασιλέως Κοτύος
Translation of King Cotys
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Kotys II, right
Reverse inscription ΒΚΥ
Edition βκυʹ
Translation (year) 422
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.76 g
Axis 12
Reference Anokhin 473
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
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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 146, 6 Mar. 2006, lot 326 = Gorny & Mosch 180, 12 Oct. 2009, lot 272