RPC III, 881

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 881
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 ΓΚY (423)
Dating AD 126/7
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Edition Βασιλέως Κοτύος
Translation of King Cotys
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Kotys II, right
Reverse inscription ΓΚΥ
Edition γκυʹ
Translation (year) 423
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.76 g
Reference Anokhin 474
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
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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
6 6     CNG MBS 53, 15 Mar. 2000, lot 1057