RPC IV.2, 1463 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1463 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Nysa
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Lucius Verus (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[ ] [ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΝ?] ΚΑΙ ΟΥΗ[ΡΟΝ?]
Edition Αὐτ[---] Ἀντωνεῖνον Καί(σαρα) Οὐῆρον
Translation for Emperor [---] Antoninus Caesar Verus
Obverse design laureate-headed busts of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls) and Lucius Verus, facing each other, both wearing cuirass and paludamentum
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΓΡ ΑΥΡ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΝΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) γρ(αμματέως) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Διοδότου Νυσαέων
Translation under the grammateus Aurelius Diodotos, of the Nysaeans
Reverse design Nike advancing, left, holding wreath and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.46 g
Axis 6
Reference Regling, Nysa 94, BMC 43
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 43 GRPCL Nysa 113