Coin of Faustina from Nysa-Scythopolis (SCY0101)
Dublin Core
Title
Coin of Faustina from Nysa-Scythopolis (SCY0101)
Description
Local bronze coin of Faustina Iunior, wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, from Nysa-Scythopolis (161-175 CE)
Source
Publisher
Roman Provincial Coinage Online IV no.6468 (temporary #)
Date
Rights
Ashmolean Museum (University of Oxford), via Roman Provincial Coinage Online (http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)
Format
Bronze
Language
Identifier
SCY0101
Numismatics Item Type Metadata
Metal
Bronze
Weight (g)
6.24-7.20g (pictured=7.20g)
Diameter (mm)
18-19mm (pictured=19mm)
Province
Palaestina
Region
Decapolis
Obverse Type
Draped bust of Faustina, facing right
Reverse Type
Tyche , draped and wearing a turreted crown, stands facing right between two columns. She holds a long scepter and a cornucopia, and rests one foot on a swimming river god.
Obverse Legends
ΦΑVCTEINA CEBAC(TH) (Faustina Sebasta)
Reverse Legends
NYCA C KOI(? (Nysa Scythopolis [of/in] Koile [Syria])
Name 1
Role 1
Notes
In Meshorer et al.'s (2013:183, no.18) publication of this type, the reverse legend is: NYCAE KOI CVPI, apparently adding "Syria" to the name of the city.
Selected Bibliography
Roman Provincial Coinage Online IV no.6468 (temporary #) [http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6468/]
Meshorer, Y., G. Bijovsky, and W.Fischer-Bossert. 2013. Coins of the Holy Land: The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum (Volume 1), New York: The American Numismatic Society. (pp.183, no.18)
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.190-191, no.10).
Meshorer, Y., G. Bijovsky, and W.Fischer-Bossert. 2013. Coins of the Holy Land: The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum (Volume 1), New York: The American Numismatic Society. (pp.183, no.18)
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.190-191, no.10).
Citation
“Coin of Faustina from Nysa-Scythopolis (SCY0101),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 29, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/64.