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title: Gold Coin of Bosporan king Cotys II
author: The Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18259/gold-coin-of-bosporan-king-cotys-ii/
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updated: 2023-12-13
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# Gold Coin of Bosporan king Cotys II
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## Image File
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## Image Caption
[Gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/) Stater of [Tiberius](https://www.worldhistory.org/Tiberius/) [Julius](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Julius/) Cotys II (r. 123/4-131/2 CE), a prince and [Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) client king of the Bosporan Kingdom, struck under [Roman emperor](https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Emperor/) [Hadrian](https://www.worldhistory.org/hadrian/) (r. 117-138 CE). Issue: Year ΕΚΥ (425) (128/9 CE).
Obverse: ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ; diademed and draped bust of Cotys II, right.
Reverse: ΘΚΥ; laureate head of Hadrian, right.
The British Museum, London.
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Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2023, December 13). Gold Coin of Bosporan king Cotys II. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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