RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 15977)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 15977)
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 ΔAMA(S) METRO(P)
Reverse design male figure, bearded, wearing toga, standing facing right, making offering over lit altar; female figure, wearing helmet, standing left, pouring libation from jug over altar and holding box of fruits; in upper centre field, cypress or cypress-branch; in exergue, ram's head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 1, 6, 12
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: AA.GR.1090
    B: 18259174, Löbb.
    NY: 1944.100.83719
    IMJ: 4286 Rosenberger 43
    CGT coll.
    CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 223
    CNG EA 212, 17 June 2009, lot 206
    ✸ CNG EA 293, 19 Dec. 2012, lot 191
    CNG EA 330, 9 July 2014, lot 200
    CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 59
    Heritage New York Signature Sale 363, 9 Jan. 2005, lot 21049
    Leu WA 28, 9–14 Dec. 2023, lot 2640