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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/4774 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | VI |
Number | 4774 (temporary) |
Province | Asia |
Subprovince | Conventus of Ephesus |
Region | Lydia |
City | Nysa |
Reign | Elagabalus |
Person (obv.) | Severus Alexander (Caesar) |
Magistrate | Aurelius Ammianos (grammateus) |
Obverse inscription | Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ |
Edition | Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀλέξανδρος Καῖσαρ |
Translation | Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar |
Obverse design | bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΜΜΙΑΝΟΥ ΝΥϹΑΕΩΝ |
Edition | ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀμμιανοῦ Νυσαέων |
Translation | under the grammateus Aurelius Ammianos of the Nysaeans |
Reverse design | Tyche of the City(?) standing facing, head right, wearing turreted crown, holding poppy flowers; to right, small statue of Mên wearing Phrygian cap and holding long sceptre |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 32 mm |
Average weight | 12.51 g |
Axis | 6 |
Reference | Regling, Nysa 137, GRPCL 171 |
Specimens | 1 (1 in the core collections) |