RPC VIII, 556

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 556
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Mesambria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus) ; Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ Μ ΩΤ(ΑΚΙΛ) ϹΕΒΗΡΑ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Αὔγουστος Μαρκία Ὠτακιλία Σεβῆρα Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος Αὔγ(ουστος) Μ(αρκία) Ὠτακιλ(ία) Σεβῆρα
Translation Emperor Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus, Marcia Otacilia Severa
Obverse design confronted busts of Philip I, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Otacilia Severa, diademed and draped, left
Reverse inscription ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Μεσαμβριανῶν Μεσαμβριανῶν
Translation of the Mesambrians
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.06 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Karayotov 213–20
External URI(s) https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/247
Specimens 21 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18249881, 1920/656
2 2     Bucharest-IA Ruzicka, Mesambria inedita 22 = cast in BBAW
3 3     Dobrich: I 235 Karayotov 217
4 4     Nesebar: 947 Karayotov 220
5 5     Plovdiv
6 6     Shumen: BX 204(22) Karayotov 213
7 7     Shumen: 7633 Karayotov 214
8 8     Varna: I 1176 Karayotov 218
9 9     CGT coll.
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     CNG EA 540, 14 June 2023, lot 286 = CNG EA 403, 9 Aug. 2017, lot 374
12 12     K. Atanasov coll., Burgas = Karayotov 216
13 13     Lanz 128, 22 May 2006, lot 683
14 14     Münzzentrum Rheinland 145, 3 Sept. 2008, lot 713
15 15     Naumann 86, 20 Feb. 2020, lot 308
16 16     Nomos obolos 16, 11 Oct. 2020, lot 483
17 17     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 150, 2 Mar. 2025, lot 386
18 18     Private coll., Burgas = Karayotov 215
19 19     Ritter FPL 84, July 2009, lot 613
20 20     Roma Numismatics EA 2, 30 Aug. 2018, lot 474
21 21     Solidus Winter 38, 17 Feb. 2019, lot 237