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Stater - Kotys II Hadrian
| Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom (Bosporos) |
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| Year | 126 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Laureate head of the Roman Emperor Hadrian facing right, rendered with naturalistic detail including a full beard and tightly curled hair beneath the laurel wreath, consistent with Hadrianic imperial portraiture. The portrait is boldly struck in high relief and occupies the central field within a beaded border. Below the bust, the Greek date monogram ΒΚΥ appears in the lower field, serving as the Bosporan era dating formula corresponding to year 422 of the Pontic era (126 AD). The reverse reflects the Bosporan kingdom's practice of combining local royal obverses with Roman imperial reverses to affirm political allegiance to Rome. |
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| Mint | Pantikapaion |
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