RPC IV.2, 1461 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
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)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A
2 2     ✸ L: BMC 37
3 3     P: 857
4 4     P: 390, under 'Phialea, Peleponessus: district of Arcadia', reverse legend tooled to 'ΦΙ[Α]ΛƐΩΝ'
5 5     C McClean III, 8685, pl. 304.11
6 6     Mu SNG 369
7 7     V: GR 18390, under 'Caria'
8 8     vA 3048
9 9     Lindgren I, A766A
10 10     Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 40 (07/02/2016), 430 = GRPCL Nysa 109