RPC VIII, 1137

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1137
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Colophon
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Magistrate Aurelius Capitolinus II (strategos)
Obverse inscription Μ ΩΤΑΚ ϹΕΒΗΡΑ
Edition Μαρκία Ὠτακιλία Σεβῆρα Μ(αρκία) Ὠτακ(ιλία) Σεβῆρα
Translation Marcia Otacilia Severa
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΚΑΠΕΤΩΛΕΙΝΟΥ Β ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Αὐρηλίου Καπετωλείνου βʹ Κολοφωνίων ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Καπετωλείνου βʹ Κολοφωνίων
Translation under strategos Aurelius Capitolinus II, of the Colophonians
Reverse design Apollo Klarios seated left, holding branch and lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 8.68 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Milne 234 corr.
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 1135/1, 1136/1, 1138/1–3, 1142/1–3, 1143/1–8, 1144/1–3, 1145/1–9, 1146/1–4, 1147/1, 1269/1 (Briula).
Note The rev. legend was read ƐΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡΗ by Milne, but the Naumann coin shows it is ƐΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18272835, 1918/1653 Milne 234.a
2 2     Cop SNG 195 = Milne 234.b
3 3     ✸ Naumann 92, 2 Aug. 2020, lot 485