RPC VI, 2075 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 2075 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Cotys III
Person (obv.) Cotys III (king)
Issue ΘΚΦ = 529 BE
Dating 232/3
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛƐⲰϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Cotys III, r.; to r. sword
Reverse inscription ΘΚΦ
Reverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, r.
Metal Debased gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 12
Reference MacDonald, Bosporus 578.3
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 298
2 2     CNG EA 335, 24 Sept. 2014, lot 59
3 3     ✸ Nomos obolos 5, 26 June 2016, lot 715