v49_0185 - BOSPORUS - KINGDOM OF CIMMERIAN BOSPORUS - KOTYS II Quarante-huit nummia, (MB, Æ 24)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 110.00 €
Estimate : 170.00 €
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Starting price : 110.00 €
Estimate : 170.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Quarante-huit nummia, (MB, Æ 24)
Date: c. 124-132
Mint name / Town : Panticapée, Bosphore
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier et épais à l’usure régulière. Beau portrait de Cotys II. Joli revers. Patine verte et marron
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de la maison Platt (1997)
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Cotys II cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.
Obverse legend : BASILEwS KOTUOS
Obverse translation : (du roi Cotys).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MH,.
Reverse description : Deux lettres grecques dans une couronne de chêne.
Reverse translation : (48).
Commentary
Les portraits sont stérotypés.
Historical background
BOSPORUS - KINGDOM OF CIMMERIAN BOSPORUS - KOTYS II
(124-133)
Kotys (Cotys) II succeeded Sauromates II (90-124) after a very long reign and Rhoemetalces succeeded him. His reign finds its place entirely under that of Hadrian. The Cimmerian Bosphorus became a client kingdom of Rome.
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