RPC III, 881

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 881
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 ΓΚY (423)
Dating AD 126/7
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕⲰϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Cotys II, r.
Reverse inscription ΓΚΥ
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, r.
Metal Gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Reference Anokhin 474
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –2     Frolova Coinage, p. 134 and pl. XV, 15–16; Frolova Monetnoe p. 266 and pl. LI, 15–16
3 3     Peus 368, 25 Apr. 2001, lot 95
4 4     Triton IX, 10 Jan. 2006, lot 1461
5 5     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 151, 9 Oct. 2006, lot 276