RPC IV.2, 17395 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 17395 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Alliance with Nysa
Obverse inscription Υ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ] ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΚΑΙ Ν[ΥϹΑΕΩΝ?] ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition Λαοδικέων καὶ Νυσαέων ὁμόνοια
Translation concord of the Laodiceans and Nysans
Reverse design to left, Zeus (Laodiceus) standing, right, holding eagle and long sceptre; to right, Mên Kamareites standing, left, wearing Phrygian cap, holding patera and long sceptre; behind his shoulders, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Reference Franke & Nollé 1161
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V-ON CMRDM II, 34, no. 43, pl. XIII ('Alliance coin of Nysa and Sparta') = GRPCL 'Nysa' 110 ('Alliance issue of Nysa and Sparta' and reverse legend as 'ΛΑΚΕΔAIMONIΩN KAI NYCAEΩN ΕΠΙ AΡXOYΡOC TOY ΔEINA') = Franke & Nollé 1161, pl. 54