Cotys or Kotys I, King of Bosporos, Bosporus or Bosphorus, ca 45-68 AD.
Anokhin 376 | Kotys I, commemorative issue struck by Rheskouporis I, 68-72 AD. TEIMAI BACIΛEOC KOTYOC. Chair surmounted by wreath, sceptre surmounted by bust of Roman emperor left / TOY ACΡOYΡΓOY. Shield over spear pointing upwards behind, surrounded by (clockwise) horse's head left, sword in sheath, helmet and radiate male head. K-delta to left and right of the spear's shaft. MacDonald 354; Anokhin 376; RPC I 1934. | Text | Image |
RPC 1925 | Claudius and Agrippina II. Time of Kotys I, ca 45-68 AD. AE 25mm. TI KΛAYΔIOY KAICAΡOC, Laureate head of Claudius right / IOYΛIAN AΓΡIΠΠINAN CEBACTHN, Draped bust of Agrippina II left; BAK monogram of Kotys I before. RPC 1925; SNG Cop 31. | Text | Image |
RPC 1926 | Britannicus and Kotys I, AE 8 Units. First reign, 45-61 AD. KAICAΡOC BΡITANNIKOC, bare head of Britannicus right / Diademed head of Kotys right; BAK monogram to left, H in right. RPC 1926; Anokhin 345. | Text | Image |
RPC 1929 | Nero and Agrippina, struck by Kotys I, King of Bosporos, AE21, 12 Units. NEΡΩNOC KΛAYΔIOY CEBACTOY KAICAΡOC, laureate and draped bust of Nero right (wreath ties removed by tooling) / AΓΡIΠΠINHC CEBACTHC, Draped bust of Agrippina II left; BAK monogram of Kotys before neck, value mark IB below. MacDonald 331; Anokhin 364; RPC I 1929. | Text | Image |
RPC 1929 (2) | Nero and Agrippina II, AE22, Bosporus Kingdom, time of Kotys I. 3.99 g. NEΡΩNOC KΛAYΔIOY CEBACTOY KAICAΡOC, youthful, laureate and draped bust of Nero right. / AΓΡIΠΠINHC CEBACTHC, draped bust of Agrippina left, BAK monogram in lower left field, date IB below. RPC I, 1929; SNG Cop 32; Paris 119. | Text | Image |
RPC 1929 note | Nero and Poppaea, struck by Kotys I, King of Bosporos, AE21, 12 Units. NEΡΩNOC KΛAYΔIOY CEBAKTOY KAICAΡOC, Laureate and draped bust of Nero right / ΠOΠΠHIAC CEBACTHC, Draped bust of Poppaea left; monogram of Kotys before neck, IB (mark of value) below. MacDonald 332 corr.; Anokhin 351; RPC I 1929 note; Frolova & Ireland p. 81, Series IV. | Text | Image |
RPC 1933var | Nero, AE21 (24 units) of Bosporus, reign of Kotys I, struck 63-68 AD. NEΡΩNOC KAICAΡOC, laureate head right / K-Δ (value) to left and right of Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm. RPC 1933 var (obv. legend); MacDonald 335; Anokhin 353. | Text | Image |
See also: | Entry for Kotys I of Bosporos on the Digital Historia Numorum | ||