RPC III, 899

 

Image of specimen #15

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 899
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Cotys II
Person (obv.) Kotys II (king)
Issue Bronze: third group
Dating AD 126
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Kotys II, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗ
Reverse design rider on horse galloping right, holding spear in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Reference Frolova Coinage, pp. 138–139. 3; Frolova Monetnoe p. 270. 4; Anokhin 488
Specimens 15 (0 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 899-902: 9.75 g (63)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –13     See Frolova Coinage, p. 139 and pl. XVI, 25–28, XVIII, 33; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 270–1 and pl. LIII, 16–20; Gorny & Mosch 128, 7–8 Mar. 2005, lot 1673, 7.22
14 14     Gorny & Mosch 128, 7–8 Mar. 2005, lot 1673
15 15     ✸ Trade