RPC I, 2662

 

Image of specimen #14

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2662
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Nysa
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right, in wreath
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹΑΕωΝ
Edition Νυσαέων
Translation of the Nysaeans
Reverse design bust of Livia (?), right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 4.94 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Regling 57, AMC 1360, Cop 312
Specimens 14 (9 in the core collections)
Note The reverse legend is sometimes retrograde (e.g., 2, 8, 10), and has been tooled in modern times to ΠΑΚΤΩΛƐWΝ on 7. The head on the rev. has a 'Livian' hairstyle, and is to be identified as either Livia or Kore.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     JSW = CNG EA 185, 2 Apr. 2008, lot 196
2 2     NY: 1944.100.49323
3 3     O AMC 1360
4 4     Cop SNG 312
5 5     Cop SNG 313
6 6     B: 507/1877
7 7     B: I-B LS 111–12
8 8     V: GR 18384
9 9     V: GR 31946
10 10     C McClean 8684 (pl. 304.10)
11 11     Leu EA 14, 12 Dec. 2020, lot 973
12 12     Roma Numismatics EA 78, 17 Dec. 2020, lot 788 = Roma EA 110, 3 Aug. 2023, lot 892
13 13     Ödemiş: 2007-170 SNG 394
14 14     ✸ Aquila 3, 25 June 2022, lot 534