page_title: Cotiso
section_title: Cotiso and Coson
hierarchical_section_title: Cotiso / Cotiso and Coson
caption_attribution_description: A gold stater coin (weighing 8.31 g) from Geto-Dacian Scythia (modern-day Transylvania), dating from the mid-first century B.C. The obverse side of the coin, shown on the left, depicts a Roman consul accompanied by two lictors, with a monogram to the left and underneath the name ΚΟΣΩΝ, the king under whom this coin was minted. This is now thought to be the Geto-Dacian king Coson. The coin's reverse side, shown on the right, depicts an eagle standing on a scepter and holding a wreath.
context_page_description: Cotiso or Cotison was a Dacian king who apparently ruled the mountains between Banat and Oltenia. Horace calls him king of the Dacians. Suetonius calls him king of the Getae. He is mentioned also by Florus, who wrote that Cotiso and his armies used to attack towards south when the Danube froze.
  Several scholars believe he is identical to Coson, a Dacian king whose name appears on many gold staters found in Transylvania.
context_section_description: In the 16th century a large number of gold coins were discovered in hoards in Romania. They were patterned after Roman coins, with a depiction of a Roman consul accompanied by lictors apparently copied from coins issued by Marcus Junius Brutus. The coins bore the name "Coson" or "Koson" written in Greek lettering. Theodor Mommsen argued that Koson was probably a Dacian ally of Brutus, since the imagery was taken from Brutus's coins. Recent scholars have argued that he is very likely to be identical to Cotiso, since "Cotiso[n]" is an easy transcription error for Coson. Horace always spells the name with an "n" at the end. Ioana A. Oltean, however, argues that Coson and Cotiso are different people, suggesting that Cotiso was Coson's successor.
caption: The golden coin minted with the legend ΚΟΣΩΝ.
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