RPC III, 901

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 901
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
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 shield with spear in centre; helmet and sword in scabbard, right; horse’s head and axe, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Reference Frolova Coinage, p. 140. 3; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 271–2. 3; Anokhin 492 and 495
Specimens 14 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –14     See Frolova Coinage, p. 140 and pl. XVII, 9–13, XVIII, 32; Frolova Monetnoe p. 271–2 and pl. LIV, 8–13