RPC VIII, 680

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 680
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Tomis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus) ; Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ Μ ΩΤΑ(Κ) ϹΕΒΗΡΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Φίλιππος Αὔγουστος Μαρκία Ὠτακιλία Σεβῆρα Σεβαστή Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος Αὔγ(ουστος) Μ(αρκία) Ὠτακ(ιλία) Σεβῆρα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Emperor Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus, Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta
Obverse design confronted busts of Philip I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Otacilia Severa, diademed and draped, left
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟΥ ΤΟΜΕΩϹ
Edition Μητροπόλεως Πόντου Τόμεως Μητρο(πόλεως) Πόντου Τόμεως
Translation of the metropolis of Pontus, of Tomis
Reverse design eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.92 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 3585–7
Specimens 14 (0 in the core collections)
Note On the obv., sometimes, no ligature, and Ⳟ instead of Ϲ. AMNG 3585–6 describes the eagle as standing on a thunderbolt but this is unclear ('nicht ganz deutlichem Blitz') and AMNG 3587 shows him standing on a line.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Odessa AMNG 3586/3 = cast in BBAW
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 727
5 5     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 728
6 6     CNG EA 273, 8 Feb. 2012, lot 104 = Lanz 32, 29 Apr. 1985, lot 765
7 7     Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 204 = Gorny & Mosch 118, 15 Oct. 2002, lot 1623 = Gorny & Mosch 101, 6 Mar. 2000, lot 531
8 8     ✸ Leu WA 34, 5–8 July 2025, lot 1258
9 9     Naumann 104, 4 July 2021, lot 443
10 10     Naumann 113, 6 Feb. 2022, lot 468
11 11     Naumann 121, 2 Oct. 2022, lot 337
12 12     Schulten, 16 Oct. 1990, lot 979
13 13     Solidus EA 10, 3 Dec. 2016, lot 111 = Helios 7, 12 Dec. 2011, lot 478
14 14     Sonntag 27, 27 Nov. 2017, lot 81 = M&M GmbH 36, 30 May 2012, lot 545