RPC IV.2, 1471 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1471 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Nysa
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
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 ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Νυσαέων
Translation of the Nysaeans
Reverse design cornucopia; on top, infant Dionysus (or Plutos?) sitting, left (or right)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.50 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference Regling, Nysa 101 corr. and 102, BMC 47 and 48 corr.
Specimens 11 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 1909/183 Regling, Nysa 102, pl. II (rev.)
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     B: 1919/58, found at Priene
5 5     L: BMC 47
6 6     P: 862
7 7     Weber 6868, pl. 243, bought at Izmir [Smyrna] in 1891 from A. J. Lawson = Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 15 (21/10/2004), coll. J.-P. Righetti, 796, ex private coll. Dr. Hugh Preston = Noble Numismatics 135 (09/04/2024), private coll. Curtis Jackson-Jacobs = GRPCL Nysa 121
8 8     L: BMC 48, reverse as 'Sheaf of five ears of corn' GRPCL Nysa 124, following BMC 48 reverse as 'bundle of five grain ears'
9 9     Gorny & Mosch 204 (05/03/2012), 1780 = Roma Numismatics 4 (30/09/2012), 2204 = Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 38 (06/12/2015), 504 = GRPCL Nysa 122
10 10     Numismatik Naumann 52 (02/04/2017), 1171
11 11     Rome: 80371 Calomino MNR 270