Nysa was the namesake of her mother, who is believed to have died during childbirth, while giving birth to either her or Mithridates.
Sometime after 160 BC, Nysa married King Ariarathes V.[1] They were distant relatives as they had lineage from the Seleucid dynasty and from the Pontian monarchs.
[6] The citizens of Cappadocia - who were loyal to the ruling dynasty - had Nysa put to death on account of her cruelty and allowed Ariarathes VI to continue to reign as king.
Nysa’s regency reflected a period of turbulence in the royal family which ended with her death.
On the other side there is the inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΝΗΣΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΤΟΥ ΓΙΟΥ, which means of Queen Nysa and King Ariarathes Epiphanes imminent son.