RPC III, 885

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 885
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 ΖΚY (427)
Dating AD 130/1
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Edition Βασιλέως Κοτύος
Translation of King Cotys
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Kotys II, right
Reverse inscription ΖΚΥ
Edition ζκυʹ
Translation (year) 427
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 7.75 g
Reference Anokhin 477
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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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
4 4     ✸ P: 168 Frolova Coinage, p. 135 and pl. XV, 26