RPC VI, 2066 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 2066 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Cotys III
Person (obv.) Kotys III (king)
Issue ϚΚΦ = 526 BE
Dating 229/30
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Edition Βασιλέως Κοτύος
Translation of King Cotys
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Kotys III, right
Reverse inscription ϚΚΦ
Edition ϛκφʹ
Translation 526
Reverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right; to right, globe
Metal debased gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.47 g
Reference MacDonald, Bosporus 575.1, Anokhin 656, Frolova pl. LV, 4/29
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Künker 257, 10 Oct. 2014, lot 9058