RPC III, 890

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 890
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
Reverse inscription ΗΚΥ
Edition ηκυʹ
Translation 428
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right; in front, spearhead
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.77 g
Axis 12
Reference Anokhin 478B
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Note Average of weights of 890-891: 7.66g (5). A (silver?) drachm of the same type offered for sale by Peus 384, 2 Nov. 2005, lot 169, 3.43 is probably a forgery
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –4     Frolova Coinage, p. 136 and pl. XV, 33–35; Frolova Monetnoe p. 267 and pl. LII, 9–11
5 5     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 146, 6 Mar. 2006, lot 329
6 6     CNG 102, 18 May 2016, lot 727