RPC VIII, 3018

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 3018
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Neapolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription M OT SEVERAE AVG M C
Edition Marciae Otaciliae Severae Augustae Matri Castrorum M(arciae) Ot(aciliae) Severae Aug(ustae) M(atri) C(astrorum)
Translation to Marcia Otacilia Severa, Augusta, Mother of the Camps
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription NEAPOLI NEOCORO, COL
Edition Neapoli neocoro colonia Neapoli neocoro col(onia)
Translation in Neapolis, neocorate, colony
Reverse design female figure seated right, raising hand to lips, holding spear pointing upwards, facing nude and helmeted male figure standing left, drapery on left shoulder, extending right arm, holding parazonium (?); above, Mount Gerizim (and star?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.38 g
Axis 12
Reference Harl, Neapolis 59
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 3015/1–4, 3019/1, 3024/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.69144 SNG 1023 corr.
2 2     IMJ Sofaer 188 = Sternberg, 25 Nov. 1976, lot 666 = cast in Winterthur (Sternberg, 1959)
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 435, 2 Jan. 2019, lot 281