RPC IV.2, 1459 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1459 (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 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 ΓΡΑ ΑΥΡ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΝΥϹΑΕ[ΩΝ]
Edition γρα(μματέως) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Διοδότου Νυσαέων
Translation under the grammateus Aurelius Diodotos, of the Nysaeans
Reverse design Sarapis seated, left, wearing kalathos, extending arm over Cerberus, holding long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 22.92 g
Axis 6
Reference Regling, Nysa 90
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 859 Kraft, p. 191, pl. 92.18b = GRPCL Nysa 105, reverse with traces of tooling