RPC VIII, 2837

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2837
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 Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta 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 DAMAS METRO ΠΗΓΑΙ
Edition colonia Damasco metropoli πηγαῖος col(onia) Damas(co) metro(poli) πηγαῖ(ος)
Translation in the colony Damascus, metropolis; spring water
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
Average weight 15.73 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Specimens 23 (8 in the core collections)
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1908,0110.2386
2 2     P: Y 23455 bis, Chandon de Briailles 1203
3 3     P: 90
4 4     P: 91
5 5     NY: 1944.100.83734
6 6     NY: 1944.100.83735
7 7     NY: 1944.100.83733
8 8     V: GR 34122
9 9     Bern: N/82.2157 SNG Righetti 2157
10 10     IMJ: 4283
11 11     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1040
12 12     CNG EA 271, 11 Jan. 2012, lot 354
13 13     CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 57
14 14     CNG EA 392, 1 Mar. 2017, lot 419
15 15     CNG EA 401, 12 July 2017, lot 313 = CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 660
16 16     CNG EA 427, 22 Aug. 2018, lot 371
17 17     Gorny & Mosch 212, 5 Mar. 2013, lot 2526
18 18     Leu WA 34, 5–8 July 2025, lot 1481
19 19     M&M GmbH 11, 7 Nov. 2002, lot 149 = Spink 39, 6 Dec. 1984
20 20     Naumann 135, 3 Dec. 2023, lot 392
21 21     Private coll.
22 22     R. Hoppensteadt coll.
23 23     Rosenberger 40