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Ancient Coinage of Lydia, Nysa

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CITY AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
Mionnet 352vNysa, Lydia, AE11, (1.62g) c. 2nd century BC, laureate, bearded head right / NUSA-EWN, grain ear and poppy. Mionnet 352 var (rev. legend). TextImage
BMC 12vLydia, Nysa. ca 2nd Century BC. AE 19mm. Veiled bust of Kore right, in wreath of grain / NUSAEWN, slinger standing right, left arm extended, holding sling overhead in right hand; magistrate [..]POS, monogram upper right. TextImage
Sear #4713Nysa, Lydia, AE16. c. 100 BC. Jugate heads of Hades and Kore. / Dionysos advancing left. BMC 10. TextObvRev
NERO
RPC 2669Nero, AE of Nysa, Lydia. 54-68 AD. 3.56 g. NERWN KAISAR, bare head right / NYSAEWN, bust of Mên right, wearing Phrygian cap, crescent behind bust. RPC 2669. BMC 29.TextImage
ANTONINUS_PIUS
SNG Fitz 4686Antoninus Pius, AE of Nysa, Lydia. 18.66 g. AVTO KAICAR ADRIAN ANTWNEINOC, laureate head right / KAMAREITHS NUSAEWN, Mên standing left, crescent behind shoulders, holding patera and sceptre. SNG Fitz 4868 var (bust type); Leake Coll. 2 var (ditto).TextImage
FAUSTINA II
SNGCop 319 Faustina II AE 18mm of Lydia, Nysa. FAVCTEINA CEBACTH, diademed & draped bust right / NVCA-EWN, Hades dragging away protesting Persephone in quadriga right. TextImage
SNG Tueb. 3736Faustina II, AE of Nysa, Lydia. 152-175 AD. 4.26 g. FAUCTEINA CEBACTH, draped bust right / NYCAEWN, Hades driving quadriga right, holding sceptre, head turned to look at the kidnapped Persephone held in his right arm. SNG Cop. 317-318; SNG Tuebingen 3736; SNG Lewis 1477.TextImage
MAXIMINUS I
Von Aulock 3051Maximinus I, AE31 of Nysa, Lydia. 235-238 AD. AYT K G I OYH MAXIMEINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / EP GREU TUCOU B ISPWNOS NUSAEWN; Artemis walking right, holding bow, drawing arrow from quiver behind shoulder, hound at feet right. SNG von Aulock 3051.TextImage
GORDIAN_III
Mionnet 437Gordian III, AE36 of Nysa, Lydia. Grammateus Diodotus. AVT K M ANT GORDIANOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / EPI GR AUR DIODOTOU NUCAEWN, Ceres in cart pulled left by two serpents, holding torch in each hand. Mionnet Supp. VI, 437, otherwise unpublished.TextImage
GALLIENUS
SNG Cop 336Gallienus, Lydia, Nysa, AE23. AUT K LIK GALLHNOC, Laureate draped bust right / NUCA-E-WN, Tyche standing left holding rudder and cornucopiae. SNG Cop. 336; SNG Righetti 152; Regling, Nysa 217.TextImage
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Nysa
Search for Lydia, Nysa at CoinArchives.com
Entry for Lydia, Nysa on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Nysa in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Nysa at AsiaMinorCoins.com
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