RPC VIII, 1165

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1165
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Metropolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Magistrate Aurelius Xestos II (strategos)
Obverse inscription Μ ΩΤΑΚΕΙΛΙΑ ϹΕΒΗΡΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Μαρκία Ὠτακειλία Σεβῆρα Σεβαστή Μ(αρκία) Ὠτακειλία Σεβῆρα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Marcus Otacilia Severa Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΞΤΟΥ Β ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Αὐρηλίου Ξέστου βʹ Μητροπολειτῶν ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ξέστου βʹ Μητροπολειτῶν
Translation under strategos Aurelius Xestos II of the Metropolitans
Reverse design Cybele seated left, holding patera and resting arm on tympanum; at feet, lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 8.15 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 1164/1–13, 1166/1–2, 1178/1–10, 1180/1, 1207/1 (Ephesus), 1209/1–3 (Ephesus).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu SNG 689
2 2     ✸ CGT coll. = Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 40, 7 Feb. 2016, lot 415