RPC VIII, 558

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 558
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Mesambria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus) ; Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ Μ ΩΤ ϹΕΒΗΡΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Μαρκία Ὀτακιλία Σεβῆρα Σεβαστή Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος Μ(αρκία) Ὀτ(ακιλία) Σεβῆρα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Emperor Marcus Julius Philip, Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta
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 Hera standing left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.02 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Karayotov 289–93
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18249815, Löbb.
2 2     G SNG 934
3 3     Mu
4 4     Bucharest-IA Ruzicka, Mesambria inedita 19
5 5     Shumen: BVX 204(41) Karayotov 290
6 6     Varna: I 186 Karayotov 289
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     Karayotov 291 = Atanasov coll.
10 10     Naumann 115, 3 Apr. 2022, lot 548
11 11     Naumann 124, 8 Jan. 2023, lot 257
12 12     Schulten, 23 May 1983, lot 354
13 13     ✸ Solidus Summer 43, 23 June 2019, lot 139