RPC VIII, 233

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 233
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Issue First group, with ΠΥΘΙΑ
Dating AD 244/5
Obverse inscription ΟΤΑΚΙΛΙΑ ϹΕΒΗΡΑ ΑΥ
Edition Ὀτακιλία Σεβῆρα Αὐγούστα Ὀτακιλία Σεβῆρα Αὐ(γούστα)
Translation Otacilia Severa Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων νεωκόρων Θεσσαλονικέων νεω(κόρων)
Translation of the Thessalonians, neocorate
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch on top of his head and bow resting on serpent-entwined column; in front of him, tripod on top of which agonistic crown with five apples
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.47 g
Axis 1, 2, 7
Reference Touratsoglou 52, 109–10
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4, 6: same rev. die as 192/1–3, 245/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu Touratsoglou 52, 109
2 2     Istanbul Touratsoglou 52, 110
3 3     F. Kovacs coll.
4 4     ✸ Leu EA 1, 25 June 2017, lot 731
5 5     Obolos 42, 3 May 2026, lot 774
6 6     Savoca 91 Silver, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 374