RPC IV.2, 1362 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1362 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Nysa
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Issue Antoninus Pius (laureate bust r.)
Dating 138–161, possibly c. 147–161
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΚΑΜΑΡΕΙΤΗϹ ΝΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Reverse design Mên Kamareites standing, facing, head, left, wearing Phrygian cap, holding patera and long sceptre; behind his shoulders, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Regling, Nysa 74
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 853, both legends tooled, reverse legend ΚΑΜΑΝƐΙ[ ] ΝΥСΑƐΩΝ GRPCL Nysa 89
2 2     V: GR 18386, under 'Caria'
3 3     ✸ C SNG 4868 = Leake 2120, Asiatic Greece, p. 92.2 = GRPCL Nysa 88
4 4     Peus 366 (29/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 711, pl. 37
5 5     Boston: 64.1270 ex private coll. H. von Aulock, not catalogued in vA