RPC III, 898

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 898
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; in front, trident
Reverse inscription ΜΗ
Edition μηʹ
Translation 48
Reverse design rider on horse galloping right, holding spear in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 9.81 g
Reference Frolova Coinage, pp. 138–139. 3; Frolova Monetnoe p. 270. 4; Anokhin 488
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1 –4     See Frolova Coinage, p. 139 and pl. XVI, 24; Frolova Monetnoe p. 270 and pl. LIII, 15
5 5     ✸ Solidus 143, 20 May 2025, lot 231