RPC III, 895

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 895
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 Μ-Η
Edition μηʹ
Translation 48
Reverse design Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Reference Frolova Coinage, pp. 137–138. 4; Frolova Monetnoe p. 269. 2; Anokhin 480
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     See Frolova Coinage, p. 138 and pl. XVI, 15; Frolova Monetnoe p. 269 and pl. LIII, 4
2 2     ✸ WDA-MiM 6, 28 Dec. 2017, lot 10