RPC VI, 2059 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 2059 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Cotys III
Person (obv.) Kotys III (king)
Person (rev.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue Year ΔΚΦ = 524
Dating AD 227/8
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Edition Βασιλέως Κοτύος
Translation of King Cotys
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Kotys III, right
Reverse inscription ΔΚΦ
Edition δκφʹ
Translation 524
Reverse design laureate head, right; to right, star
Metal debased gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.41 g
Axis 12
Reference MacDonald, Bosporus 573.2
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG EA 110, 16 Mar. 2005, lot 106
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 383, 28 Sept. 2016, lot 411 = CNG 100, 7 Oct. 2015, lot 266
3 3     CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1058
4 4     Noble 92, 24 Nov. 2009, lot 4970