RPC III, 886

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 886
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; in front, club
Reverse inscription ΖΚΥ
Edition ζκυʹ
Translation (year) 427
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.76 g
Reference Anokhin 477b
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     Frolova Coinage, p. 135 and pl. XV, 25
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 146, 6 Mar. 2006, lot 328
4 4     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 151, 9 Oct. 2006, lot 277 = Gorny & Mosch 147, 7 Mar. 2006, lot 1650
5 5     Künker 174, 27 Sept. 2010, lot 806