RPC VIII, 606

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 606
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus) ; Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Magistrate Gaius Ulpius Pacatus Prastina Messalinus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ Μ ΩΤΑΚ ϹΕΒΗΡΑ ϹϹ (sic)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Αὔγουστος Μαρκία Ὠτακιλία Σεβῆρα Σεβαστή Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος Αὔγ(ουστος) Μ(αρκία) Ὠτακ(ιλία) Σεβῆρα Σ{σ}<ε>(βαστή)
Translation Emperor Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus 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 ΥΠ ΠΡΑϹΤ ΜΕϹϹΑΛΛΕΙΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛ(Ε)ΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Edition ὑπατεύοντος Πραστεῖνα Μεσσαλείνου Μαρκιανοπολειτῶν εʹ ὑπ(ατεύοντος) Πραστ(εῖνα) Μεσσαλείνου Μαρκιανοπολειτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Prastina Messalinus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Apollo standing facing, head right, grasping a tree, around which a serpent coils, and holding his right arm over his head; to left, cloak on stone
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.50 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 1198–9; Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.41.7.1-2
Specimens 27 (3 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, ΟΥ for ΟΥ and ΟΠ for ΟΠ.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18276304, I-B AMNG 1199/1
2 2     NY: 1977.158.857
3 3     V: GR 7978
4 4     Bucharest cast in BBAW
5 5     Argenor, 27 Apr. 2001, lot 82
6 6     Aufhäuser 7, 9 Oct. 1990, lot 619 = Gorny & Mosch EA 274, 20 Nov. 2020, lot 2216
7 7     cgb.fr MBS 49, 30 June 2011, lot 127
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 746
10 10     ✸ CNG 94, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 867
11 11     CNG EA 505, 1 Dec. 2021, lot 323 = Roma eA 77, 26 November 2020, lot 908
12 12     Falghera 2261
13 13     Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 1626
14 14     Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2000
15 15     Helios 1, 19 Apr. 2008, lot 518
16 16     Kölner Münzkabinett 123, 5 Oct. 2024, lot 2055 = Lanz 82, 24 Nov. 1997, lot 620
17 17     Leu WA 34, 5–8 July 2025, lot 1236
18 18     Münzzentrum 124, 12 Jan. 2005, lot 298 = Münzzentrum 121, 12 May 2004, lot 481
19 19     Münzzentrum Rheinland 171, 14 Jan. 2015, lot 188
20 20     Naumann 100, 7 Mar. 2021, lot 1183
21 21     Naumann 88, 5 Apr. 2020, lot 352
22 22     Naville Numismatics 40, 27 May 2018, lot 134
23 23     Pfeiffer 734
24 24     Solidus EA 15, 20 May 2017, lot 136 (part of)
25 25     Solidus Monthly 29, 12 May 2018, lot 120
26 26     Solidus Numismatik Summer 43, 23 June 2019, lot 113
27 27     Tkalec Jan. 2000, 29 Feb. 2000, lot 356 = LHS 102, 29 Apr. 2008, lot 445