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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Lydia| > |Other Lydia| > SL72897
Commodus, March or April 177 - 31 December 192 A.D., Nysa, Lydia
|Other| |Lydia|, |Commodus,| |March| |or| |April| |177| |-| |31| |December| |192| |A.D.,| |Nysa,| |Lydia|, The ruins of ancient Nysa lie a few kilometers beyond the present village of Sultanhisar, Turkey on the south slope of Mt. Messogis. The site is on the Izmir-Denizli highway, not far from Aydin, in the lovely valley of the Büyük Menderes River, formerly the ancient Meander. The city of Nysa was unique in that it was built on both sides of a ravine made by a mountain stream. An amphitheater straddled the stream, and a bridge connected the two parts of the city.
SL72897. Bronze AE 22, Regling Nysa 109, BMC Lydia -, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, SNG Munchen -, SNG Tüb -, SNG Hunterian -, SNG Leypold -, Imhoof-Blumer LS -, NGC XF, strike 5/5, surface 4/5, Lydia, Nysa (near Sultanhisar, Turkey) mint, weight 7.51g, maximum diameter 22.5mm, die axis 0o, as caesar, c. 170 - 176 A.D.; obverse Λ AYPH KOMOΔOC, young, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse NYCA-EWN, Tyche standing left, kalathos on head, holding rudder by tiller in right, cornucopia in left; ex Heritage Auctions, lot 61053; extremely rare; SOLD










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