RPC VIII, 2709

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2709
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Issue Bronze: Issue 2
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription ΜΑΡ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ(Ι) ϹΕΟΥΗΡΑΝ ϹΕΒ
Edition Μαρκίαν Ὀτακιλίαν Σεουῆραν Σεβαστήν Μαρ(κίαν) Ὀτακιλί(αν) Σεουῆραν Σεβ(αστήν)
Translation for Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa, right, crescent at shoulders
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, Δ Ε, S C
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μητροπόλεως κολωνίας δʹ ἐπαρχιῶν senatus consulto Ἀντιοχέων μητρο(πόλεως) κολων(ίας) δʹ ἐ(παρχιῶν) s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation of the Antiochenes, metropolis colony, of the 4 eparchies, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design veiled, turreted and draped bust of Tyche, right; above, ram leaping right, head left; below, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.48 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference CRS 494c; McAlee 1103–4
Specimens 17 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same obv. die as 2448/1 (Zeugma).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.1207 BMC 543
2 2     P: AA.GR.17605
3 3     B: 18257621, 1897/234
4 4     C: 574-1948
5 5     G SNG 3070
6 6     NY: 1938.104.94
7 7     NY: 1944.100.66092
8 8     V: GR 21556
9 9     Bern: N/82.2040 SNG Righetti 2040
10 10     Bern: N/82.2041 SNG Righetti 2041
11 11     Cologne: SYSK_0294
12 12     Yale: 1938.6000.867 Dura Excavations, no. 1728
13 13     A. Tomaszewski coll.
14 14     CNG EA 172, 5 Sept. 2007, lot 107
15 15     CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 351
16 16     McAlee coll. = McAlee 1103/4 = CNG 49, 17 Mar. 1999, lot 1086
17 17     Private coll.