RPC IV.2, 1456 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1456 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Nysa
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Diodotos (grammateus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: Group 2 (incudes coins of Faustina II with hairstyle Fittschen 8)
Dating c. 162–165, probably c. 162–163
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Μ ΕΥΡ(sic) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) {Ε}<Α>ὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΓΡ ΑΥΡ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΝΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γραμματέως Αὐρηλίου Διοδότου Νυσαέων ἐπ(ὶ) γρ(αμματέως) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Διοδότου Νυσαέων
Translation under the grammateus Aurelius Diodotos, of the Nysaeans
Reverse design Hades standing in galloping quadriga, right, holding sceptre, struggling with Persephone; beneath horses, overturned flower-basket
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 25.15 g
Axis 6
Reference Regling, Nysa 87, BMC 40, Cop 317
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 40, pl. XX.7 (rev.)
2 2     ✸ P: 858, reverse legend tooled
3 3     V: GR 32362, under 'Caria'
4 4     Cop: 317 Kraft, p. 191
5 5     Winterthur Baydur 337/2 = GRPCL Nysa 104