RPC VI, 2075 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 2075 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Cotys III
Person (obv.) Kotys III (king)
Issue ΘΚΦ = 529 BE
Dating 232/3
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Edition Βασιλέως Κοτύος
Translation of King Cotys
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Kotys III, right; to right sword
Reverse inscription ΘΚΦ
Edition θκφʹ
Translation 529
Reverse design laureate head of Severus Alexander, right
Metal debased gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.11 g
Axis 12
Reference MacDonald, Bosporus 578.3
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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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