Greek AE - Help - 1

[Crassus]

Help need to ID, please?

17mm. 5,3 grs

Thank you for your help

[Mark Fox]

Dear Young and board,

This is a very interesting Greek bronze of Nysa in Lydia.  Similar pieces can be found on Wildwinds, such as in the following example:

https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/lydia/nysa/Regling_15a.txt
https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/lydia/nysa/Regling_15a.jpg

On your coin, Young, the reverse inscription is a bit different.  In the Lydia lists I have from Dane Kurth, the closest match I could find is "ΕΤΟΥΣ ΕΔΙ ΝΥΣΑΕΩΝ ("ETOYS EDI NYSAEWN").  The catalog reference she gives for this variety (in the list) is:  "Milne, Oxford 1 in NC 1939."  If this is an exact match, then I suppose the inscriptions should look and be arranged more like this, from left field to right:  "ΕΔΙ / ΕΤΟ - V[Σ] /
ΝV[Σ]ΑΕΩ[Ν]".   

I hope this helps!


Best regards,

Mark Fox
Michigan

[Crassus]

Thank you so much dear, is perfect