Æ, year 8 of the provincial era (= 57/56 BC), NYSA-SKYTHOPOLIS, struck under Aulus Gabinius, 20 mm, 5.69 g. Bare head of Aulus Gabinius, proconsul Syriae (57-55 BC)//ΓΑΒ(ινε?ς) | [ΟΙ Ε]Ν | ΝAR(σ?) in form of a monogram/Soldiers of Gabinius living in Nysa//Dionysos standing in front, head to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and thyrsos in his left; to right, L - H (?τοARς η?= year 8). Barkay -, cf. 5 and pp. 38-39, RPC 4828 A.
Extremely rare. The best coin of this type. Very fine
For a discussion of this and the following coins see no. 1085.