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III, 906
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/906
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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
Τ
Ε
ΙΜΑΙ ΒΑϹΙΛ
Ε
ω
Ϲ 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)
Specimens of this coin type
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Reverse
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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
6.78
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