RPC I, 1720A

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1720A
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Uncertain mint of Thrace
Reign Cotys IV and Rhescuporus III
Person (obv.) Rhescuporis III (king) ; Cotys IV (King)
Person (rev.) Rhescuporis III (king)
Obverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ
Edition Βασιλέως Κοτύος
Translation of King Cotys
Obverse design jugate and diademed heads of Cotys IV and Rhescuporis III, right; to right, monogram
Reverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΡΗΣΚΟΥΠΟΡΕΩΣ
Edition βασιλέως Ῥησκουπορέως
Translation of King Rhescuporis
Reverse design Rhescuporis riding on horse, right, preparing to throw spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.79 g
Reference Paunov 2018, 17 (4 specimens known)
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     St Petersburg Lischine coll. (1902), no. 1498
2 2     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 51, 5 Mar. 2017, lot 252
3 3     Priv. coll., Bulgaria (from Deultum). Published by G. Dzanev, 'Нов екземпляр от дискусионния монетен тип "Котис с Рескупорис” /A new representative of the 'Kotys with Rhaescuporis' coin type', in Сmo го∂ини оm рождението на ∂-р Васип Харапанов (1907-2007), edited by I. Yordanov (Shumen: Regionalen istoricheski muzeĭ, 2008), pp. 305-314.