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
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 DAMAS METRO ΠΗΓΑΙ
Edition col(onia) Damas(cus) metro(polis) πηγαί(ος)
Translation the colony of 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 15.45 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 21 (8 in the core collections)
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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