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
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 ΔAMA(S) METRO(P)
Edition col(onia) Δamas(cos) metrop(olis)
Translation the colony of Damascus, metropolis
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
Average weight 15.89 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
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— —     P: AA.GR.1090
— —     B: 18259174, Löbb.
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— —     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
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