RPC VIII, 1746

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1746
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Alexandros II, grandson of Bel— (high priest)
Issue First issue
Obverse inscription ΜΑΡΚ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹΕΒΗΡΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Μαρκία Ὠτακιλία Σεβῆρα Σεβαστή Μαρκ(ία) Ὠτακιλ(ία) Σεβῆρα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa, right
Reverse inscription Ε ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟΥ Β ΑΡΧΙ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀλεζάνδρου βʹ ἀρχιερέως Ἀπαμέων ἐ(πὶ) Ἀλεζάνδρου βʹ ἀρχι(ερέως) Ἀπαμέων
Translation under Alexandros II, high priest, of the Apameans
Reverse design hero Kelainos standing left, holding patera and spear, pouring libation over vase at his feet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 12.44 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6, 8–11: same obv. die as 1553/1–4 (Laodicea ad Lycum), 1584/1 (Hierapolis), 1585/1–4 (Hierapolis), 1586/1–4 (Hierapolis), 1587/1–6, 9–27 (Hierapolis), 1588/1 (Hierapolis), 1589/1–3 (Hierapolis), 1622/1–3 (Hierapolis), 1623/1–2 (Hierapolis), 1639/1–2 (Hierapolis), 1640/1–13 (Hierapolis), 1651/1–9, 11 (Hierapolis), 1652/1–2 (Hierapolis), 1667/1 (Themisonium), 1668/1, 3–4 (Themisonium), 1722/1–2 (Eumenea), 1747/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1874,0716.127 BMC 185 = Kraft pl. 35, 50a
2 2     P: 540
3 3     ✸ B: 18274118, B-I
4 4     C: Leake
5 5     V: GR 30648
6 6     Afyon: 150
7 7     N: 8604 cast of the rev. in Winterthur
8 8     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde
9 9     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 215
10 10     Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 767
11 11     Roma Numismatics EA 113, 28 Sept. 2023, lot 624 = N&N London EA 11, 14 Jan. 2023, lot 259