RPC VIII, 234

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 234
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 ΜΑΡ ΟΤΑΚΙ ϹΕΒΗΡΑ ΑΥ
Edition Μαρκία Ὀτακιλία Σεβῆρα Αὐγούστα Μαρ(κία) Ὀτακι(λία) Σεβῆρα Αὐ(γούστα)
Translation Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ, ΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων Πύθια Θεσσαλονικέων Πύθια
Translation of the Thessalonians, Pythia
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 26 mm
Average weight 7.62 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference Touratsoglou 51, 108
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1980.76.3 SNG 892
2 2     N Fiorelli 6580 = Touratsoglou 51, 108
3 3     ✸ F. Kovacs coll.
4 4     H. Williams coll.