RPC VI, 30627 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 30627 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Nysa
Reign Uncertain
Obverse inscription ΙΕΡΑ ϹΥΝΚΛΗΤΟϹ
Edition Ἱερὰ Σύνκλητος
Translation Sacred Senate
Obverse design veiled bust of Senate, right
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Νυσαέων
Translation of the Nysaeans
Reverse design Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average weight 6.77 g
Axis 12
Reference Regling, Nysa 49
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note The same reverse occurs for Maximus (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/51054), but the reverse uses Ⳟ. But Ϲ also occurs at this period, and a date in RPC VI seems the least unlikely at the moment.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cop SNG 311
2 2     P: 820