RPC VIII, 2388

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2388
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹΕΥΗΡΑΝ ΕΥΤ ΕΥϹ ϹΕ
Edition Ὠτακιλίαν Σευῆραν Εὐτυχῆ Εὐσεβῆ Σεβαστήν Ὠτακιλ(ίαν) Σευῆραν Εὐτ(υχῆ) Εὐσ(εβῆ) Σε(βαστήν)
Translation for Otacilia Severa, Fortunate Pious Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa, right
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπόλεως αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ταρσοῦ τῆς μητροπόλε(ως) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, the metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, of the 3 eparchies, twice neocorate
Reverse design Elpis advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 14.14 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Specimens 17 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1539.4 SNG 1746
2 2     P: 1474 SNG 1747
3 3     NY: 1998.18.137
4 4     NY: 1944.100.55050
5 5     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1430
6 6     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1431
7 7     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1432
8 8     Ayvagediği hoard 127
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 292 = CNG EA 112, 13 Apr. 2005, lot 145
12 12     Grün 28, 12 Nov. 1999, lot 331
13 13     Lindgren III, 922b
14 14     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 34, 2 Aug. 2015, lot 799
15 15     Private coll. = Numimad 21, 15 Feb. 2025, lot 794
16 16     ✸ Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2497 = Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 382
17 17     Tahberer 1641