Third magistrate attested in Athens in 135/134 BC [issue 30]. Then attested as second magistrate twice, in 133/132 BC [issue
32], and again in 131/130 BC [issue 34]. From Philaidai. Probably father of Nikogenes the younger (ΝΙΚΟΓ ΝΕ[ώτερος]), who
also was one of the third magistrates of issue 30 (Thompson 1961, p. 576). In his youth victor in Panathenaic games twice,
Agonothetes of the Theseia in 161/160 BC, Hipparchos in 157/156 BC, Hieropoios c. 150 BC (Habicht 1991, p. 20 and H. B. Mattingly,
NC 157, 1997, p. 258): See M. Thompson, The New Style Silver Coinage of Athens (1961) nos. 351, 353, nos. 368, 373, 376-382,
and nos. 396-403 / issues 30, 32 and 34 (p. 576-577); C. Habicht, Zu den Münzmagistraten der Silberprägung des Neuen Stils,
Chiron 21, 1991, pp. 5, 11 and 19-20 (135/134, 133/132 and 131/130 BC); Prosopographia Attica 10850; P. M. Fraser – E. Matthews,
A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names II Attica (1994) p. 335 s. v. Nikogenes, no. 11; W. Leschhorn, Lexikon der Aufschriften
auf griechischen Münzen II (2009) p. 713 s. v. Nikogenes.
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