RPC III, 905

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 905
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
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Kotys II, right; in front, trident; behind, club
Reverse inscription Μ-Η
Reverse design Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference Frolova Coinage, p. 142. 3; Frolova Monetnoe p. 274. 3; Anokhin 499
Specimens 13 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –12     See Frolova Coinage, p. 142 and pl. XVIII, 6–11; Frolova Monetnoe p. 274 and pl. LV, 15–20
13 13     ✸ CGT coll., ex eBay Denant