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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