RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 15975)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 15975)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Issue Fine style
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription M OTAC SEVERA AVG
Edition M(arcia) Otac(ilia) Severa Aug(usta)
Translation Marcia Otacilia Severa, Empress
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa, right, crescent at shoulders
Reverse inscription COL ΔAMAS METRO
Edition col(onia) Damas(cus) Metro(polis)
Translation Colony Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design deer with antlers standing right; beneath, infant seated left as if suckling; in exergue, ram's head right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.01 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1938,0921.136 BMC 24
    P: 86
    NY: 1944.100.83727
    IMJ: 4287
    M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 621