RPC VI, 2056 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 2056 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Cotys III
Person (obv.) Kotys III (king)
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕΩϹ ΡΗϹΚΟΥΠΟΡΙΔΟϹ ΘΕ
Edition Βασιλέως Ῥησκούποριδος θε(οῦ)
Translation of divine King Rhescuporis
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Divus Rhescuporis II (III), right
Reverse inscription
Reverse design Aphrodite Apatura seated left, holding patera; in front of her, Thanatos standing right, leaning on torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Reference MacDonald, Bosporus 584
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ St Petersburg: 246