Notes on the Portrait of Nikias of Cos

Abstract

In the late 40s and 30s BC the tyrant Nikias of Cos reigned his homeland. During his reign, which cannot be dated with absolute certainty, he minted coins with his portrait. This paper argues that these portraits, neither adorned with a royal diadem nor with a laurel wreath contrary to former research, were modelled after those of Marc Antony.