RPC III, 891

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 891
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 ΘΚY (429)
Dating AD 132/3
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Edition Βασιλέως Κοτύος
Translation of King Cotys
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Kotys II, right
Reverse inscription ΘΚΥ
Edition θκγʹ
Translation 429
Reverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Metal gold
Average weight 7.65 g
Reference Anokhin 479
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC pl. XIV.4, Frolova Coinage, p. 136 and pl. XVI, 2; Frolova Monetnoe p. 268 and pl. LII, 15