RPC III, 889

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 889
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 ΗΚY (428)
Dating AD 131/2
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕⲰϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Cotys II, r.; in front, ?
Reverse inscription ΗΚΥ
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, r.
Metal Gold
Average diameter 19 mm
Reference Anokhin 478b
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

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