RPC VI, 2068 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 2068 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Cotys III
Person (obv.) Kotys III (king)
Issue ZΚΦ = 527 BE
Dating 230/1
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Edition Βασιλέως Κοτύος
Translation of King Cotys
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Kotys III, right
Reverse inscription ΖΚΦ
Edition ζκφʹ
Translation 527
Reverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right; to right, globe
Metal debased gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.66 g
Axis 1
Reference MacDonald, Bosporus 576.1, Anokhin 657, Frolova 222,A/a
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 972 = CNA 36, May 1995, lot 373