Person GND

Name

Cotys I (c. AD 45-68)

Tiberius Iulius Cotys (= Cotys I., c. AD 45-68). Son of Aspurgus and Gepaeprris.

In AD 45 he was installed as client king by the Roman emperor Claudius. His name (RPC I no. 1934, maybe postumous) and his portrait (RPC I nos. 1926-1927) appear on bronze coins from late Claudian/early Neronian periods. Some (gold) coins may have be issued in his reign, cf. RPC I p. 333.

Lit.: PIR I² C 1556; DNP VI (1999) p. 785 s. v. Kotys no. II,1 (U. Peter).

Types

Authority Info, Sitter Info

Nomisma

http://nomisma.org/id/cotys_i_bosporus nomisma

Wikipedia [en]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius_Julius_Cotys_I nomisma

Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2711623

Permalink

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