RPC III, 896

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 896
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Cotys II
Person (obv.) Kotys II (king)
Issue Bronze: second group
Dating AD 125
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Edition Βασιλέως Κοτύος
Translation of King Cotys
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Kotys II, right; before, trident
Reverse inscription Μ-Η
Edition μηʹ
Translation 48
Reverse design Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.25 g
Reference Frolova Coinage, pp. 137–138. 4 and p. 138. 1; Frolova Monetnoe p. 269. 2 and pp. 269–70. 1; Anokhin 484 and 486
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 896-898: 10.80 g (17)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –6     See Frolova Coinage, p. 138, pl. XVI, 16–17; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 269–70 and pl. LIII. 5–7
7 7     ✸ CNG EA 126, 9 Nov. 2005, lot 161