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Image of specimen #2 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/1461 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.2 |
Number | 1461 (temporary) |
Province | Asia |
Subprovince | Conventus of Ephesus |
Region | Lydia |
City | Nysa |
Reign | Marcus Aurelius |
Person (obv.) | Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) |
Issue | Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: Group 1 (incudes coins of Faustina II with hairstyle Fittschen 5) |
Dating | c. 161–165, probably c. 161–163 |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ |
Edition | Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνῖνος |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus |
Obverse design | laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | ΝΥϹΑΕΩΝ |
Edition | Νυσαέων |
Translation | of the Nysaeans |
Reverse design | Kore standing, left, holding long sceptre |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 25 mm |
Average weight | 8.30 g |
Axis | 2, 12 |
Reference | Regling, Nysa 92, BMC 37 |
Specimens | 10 (6 in the core collections) |