Æ31 - Nikias ΚΩΙΩΝ ΕΙΡΗΝΑΙΟΣ
Features
| Issuer |
Cos
(Conventus of Halicarnassus)  |
|---|---|
| Period |
Republic (509 BC - 27 BC)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 44 BC - 36 BC |
| Currency | Denarius (49 BC to AD 215) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 21.46 g |
| Diameter | 31 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 414103 |
| References | RPC Online I# 2726 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) |
Obverse
Wreathed (?) head of Nikias, right (lightly bearded).
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΝΙΚΙΑΣ
Reverse
Laureate head of Asclepius, right.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΚΩΙΩΝ ΕΙΡΗΝΑΙΟΣ
Mint
Cos, Caria, modern-day Kos island, GreeceComments
Magistrate of Eirenaios.
Nicias was a tyrant on Kos who apparently sided with Marcus Antonius in the civil war. His origins are unclear, but inscriptions refer to him as the "son of Damos (Demos)", i.e. the personified - and also worshipped as a god - people. The hairband, which refers to his divinity, is also to be understood in this sense. In Augustan times, the tomb of Nicias was destroyed and his mortal remains desecrated. On Nicias and the relationship between Kos and Rome, see: Buraselis, Kostas, Kos between Hellenism and Rome. Studies on the political, institutional and social history of Kos from ca. the Middle Second Century B.C. until late Antiquity, Philadelphia 2000, p. 25 ff.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (44 BC - 36 BC) | 
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Künker Auction 333 Lot 318 
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16 Mar 2020 | XF |
USD 18 557.16
(EUR 16 000.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg | |||||
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