RPC III, 893

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 893
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Cotys II
Person (obv.) Cotys II (king)
Issue Bronze: First group
Dating AD 123/4
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕⲰϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Obverse design curule chair with wreath upon it; in l. field, shield with spear; in r .field, sceptre with king’s head at top
Reverse inscription Μ-Η
Reverse design shield with spear in centre; helmet and sword in scabbard, r.; horse’s head and axe, l.
Metal Æ
Reference Frolova Coinage, p. 137. 2; Frolova Monetnoe p. 268. 2; Anokhin 483
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –2     See Frolova Coinage, p. 137 and pl. XVI, 6; Frolova Monetnoe p. 268 and pl. LII, 20