RPC III, 906

 

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 906
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 ΤΕΙΜΑΙ ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Edition τειμᾷ βασιλέως Κότυος
Translation to the honour of King Cotys
Obverse design curule chair upon which wreath; sceptre with emperor’s head at right
Reverse inscription ΤΟΥ ΑϹΠΟΥΡΓΟΥ, Κ-Δ
Edition τοῦ Ἀσπούργου κδʹ
Translation (son) of Aspurgus, 24
Reverse design shield with spear in centre; human head and sword in scabbard, right; horse’s head and helmet, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average weight 6.78 g
Reference Frolova Coinage, pp. 142–143. 1; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 274–5; Anokhin 376 (under Rhescuporis II)
Specimens 24 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1 –24     See Frolova Coinage, pp. 142–143 and pl. XVIII, 12–30; Frolova Monetnoe pp. 274–5 and pl. LV, 21–23, LVI, 1–15