RPC III, 894

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 894
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Cotys II
Person (obv.) Kotys II (king)
Issue Bronze: First group
Dating AD 123/4
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Edition Βασιλέως Κοτύος
Translation of King Cotys
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Kotys II, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗ
Edition μηʹ
Translation 48
Reverse design wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Reference Frolova p. 137. 3; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 268–9. 3; Anokhin 481
Specimens 17 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –16     See Frolova Coinage, p. 137 and pl. XVI, 7–10, 13–14; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 268–9 and pl. LII, 21–24, pl. LIII, 2–3
17 17     ✸ WDA-MiM 6, 28 Dec. 2017, lot 9