RPC III, 904

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 904
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 rider on horse galloping right, holding spear in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Reference Coinage, pp. 141–142. 2; Frolova Monetnoe p. 273. 2; Anokhin 498 and 501
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –7     See Frolova Coinage, pp. 141–142 and pl. XVIII, 2–5; Frolova Monetnoe p. 273 and pl. LV, 11–13