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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/1471 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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) |