Æ37 - Marcus Aurelius ΕΠ ΓΡ ΑΥΡ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΝΥϹΑΕΩΝ

Features

Issuer	Nysa (Conventus of Ephesus)
Emperor	Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	162-163
Composition	Bronze
Weight	25.15 g
Diameter	37 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 552993
References	RPC Online IV.2# 1456 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Obverse

Laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (long beard with short curls) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left, seen from rear

Lettering: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Μ ΕΥΡ(sic) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός

Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus

Reverse

Hades standing in galloping quadriga, right, holding sceptre, struggling with Persephone; beneath horses, overturned flower-basket

Lettering: ΕΠ ΓΡ ΑΥΡ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΝΥϹΑΕΩΝ

Unabridged legend: ἐπὶ γραμματέως Αὐρηλίου Διοδότου Νυσαέων

Translation: under the grammateus Aurelius Diodotos, of the Nysaeans

Mint

Nysa, Lydia, Turkey

Comments

Regling, Nysa 87, BMC 40, Cop 317

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (162-163)

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