RPC III, 882

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 882
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 ƐΚY (425)
Dating AD 128/9
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Edition Βασιλέως Κοτύος
Translation of King Cotys
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Kotys II, right
Reverse inscription ΕΚΥ
Edition εκυʹ
Translation (year) 425
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.82 g
Axis 12
Reference Anokhin 475
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 2, Frolova Coinage, p. 135 and pl. XV, 19
2 2 –3     Frolova Coinage, p. 135 and pl. XV, 17–18
4 4     ✸ CNG Triton XI, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 454 = CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1029