RPC VI, 4780 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 4780 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Nysa
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Elagabalus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Aristandros (grammateus)
Alliance with Ephesus
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΓΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΡΙϹΤΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΝΥϹΑΕΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition ἐπὶ γρ(αμματέως) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀριστάνδρου Νυσαέων Ἐφεσίων καὶ ὁμόνοια
Translation under the grammateus Aurelius Aristandros, concord of the Nysaeans and Ephesians
Reverse design Mên standing facing, head left, wearing Phrygian cap, holding long sceptre and patera, in front of Artemis of Ephesus standing facing, having supports and stags on either side
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 25.66 g
Axis 11
Reference Regling, Nysa 124, Franke-Nollé 1452, GRPCL 155
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu: 23 Regling, Nysa 124 = Franke-Nollé 1452