RPC VI, 2078 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 2078 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Cotys III
Person (obv.) Kotys III (king)
Issue ΛΦ = 530 BE
Dating 233/4
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Edition Βασιλέως Κοτύος
Translation of King Cotys
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Kotys III, right
Reverse inscription ΛΦ
Edition λφʹ
Translation 530
Reverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right
Metal debased gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.34 g
Axis 12
Reference MacDonald, Bosporus 579.1
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Baldwin’s 44, 2 May 2006, lot 80