RPC III, 885

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 885
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 ΖΚY (427)
Dating AD 130/1
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕⲰϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Cotys II, r.
Reverse inscription ΖΚΥ
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, r.
Metal Gold
Average diameter 18 mm
Reference Anokhin 477
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –2     Frolova Coinage, p. 135 and pl. XV, 24; Frolova Monetnoe p. 267 and pl. LI, 24
3 3     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 147, 7 Mar. 2006, lot 1651