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Dupondius - Kotys I
| Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom (Bosporos) |
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| Year | 68-69 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | ΚΑΠΕ |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kotys I ruled the Bosporan Kingdom as a client of Rome, and the years 68–69 AD placed him in an awkward position: the Year of the Four Emperors threw Roman patronage into chaos, leaving peripheral client kingdoms briefly without a clear master to flatter on their coinage. That political uncertainty may explain certain irregularities observed across dies of this type.
The Bosporan bronze series of this period is notably difficult to attribute cleanly — Anokhin and MacDonald assign overlapping regnal dates across several rulers, and die studies have yet to fully resolve the sequence.