RPC III, 889

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 889
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 ΗΚY (428)
Dating AD 131/2
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Edition Βασιλέως Κοτύος
Translation of King Cotys
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Kotys II, right; in front, ?
Reverse inscription ΗΚΥ
Edition ηκυʹ
Translation 428
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.65 g
Reference Anokhin 478b
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –2     Frolova Coinage, p. 136 and pl. XV, 37 and pl. XVI, 1; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 267–8 and pl. LII, 13–14
3 3     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 152, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 1725 ex Gorny & Mosch 147, 7 Mar. 2006, lot 1653