RPC III, 903

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 903
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Cotys II
Person (obv.) Kotys II (king)
Issue Bronze: fourth group
Dating AD 129/30
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Edition Βασιλέως Κοτύος
Translation of King Cotys
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Kotys II, right; in front, trident; behind, club
Reverse inscription ΜΗ
Edition μηʹ
Translation 48
Reverse design wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Reference Frolova Coinage, p. 141. 1; Frolova Monetnoe p. 273. 1; Anokhin 497 and 500
Specimens 12 (0 in the core collections)
Note Average weight of 903-905: 9.63 g (31)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –12     See Frolova Coinage, p. 141 and pl. XVII, 21–26, XVIII, 1; Frolova Monetnoe p. 273 and pl. LV, 3–10