RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 15976)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 15976)
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
Nominative Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa, right, crescent at shoulders
Reverse inscription COL DAMAS METRO ΠΗΓΑΙ
Reverse design in upper register, temple with four columns containing figure standing left, hand raised, uncertain object over shoulder; below, grotto containing river god Chrysoroas reclining left, holding reed and resting on urn, water flowing beneath; to left, star; to right, crescent; bottom left, lit altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 21 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1908,0110.2386
    P: Y 23455 bis, Chandon de Briailles 1203
    P: 90
    P: 91
    NY: 1944.100.83734
    NY: 1944.100.83735
    NY: 1944.100.83733
    V: GR 34122
    Bern: N/82.2157 SNG Righetti 2157
    IMJ: 4283
    CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1040
    CNG EA 271, 11 Jan. 2012, lot 354
    CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 57
    CNG EA 392, 1 Mar. 2017, lot 419
    CNG EA 401, 12 July 2017, lot 313 = CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 660
    CNG EA 427, 22 Aug. 2018, lot 371
    Gorny & Mosch 212, 5 Mar. 2013, lot 2526
    M&M GmbH 11, 7 Nov. 2002, lot 149 = Spink 39, 6 Dec. 1984
    Private coll.
    R. Hoppensteadt coll.
    Rosenberger 40