RPC VI, 2057 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 2057 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Cotys III
Person (obv.) Kotys III (king)
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Edition Βασιλέως Κοτύος
Translation of King Cotys
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Kotys III, right facing veiled bust of Aphrodite, left
Reverse inscription Β
Edition βʹ
Translation 2
Reverse design Aphrodite Apatura seated left, holding patera; to right, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.90 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Anokhin 664, MacDonald, Bosporus 582
Specimens 9 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1059
2 2     CGT coll. = Naumann 70, 7 Oct. 2018, lot 171
3 3     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 89, 28 Oct. 2021, lot 378
4 4     CNG MBS 84, 5 May 2010, lot 598
5 5     Kölner Münzkabinett 113, 4 Apr. 2020, lot 61
6 6     Roma Numismatics EA 71, 28 May 2020, lot 144 (ex SNG Stancomb 1012)
7 7     Roma Numismatics EA 82, 15 Apr. 2021, lot 477
8 8     GIC 148ii
9 9     eBay March 2023 - tilubi-0