RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 15978)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 15978)
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 ΔAMAS METROP ΧΡΥϹΟΡΑ
Edition col(onia) Δamas(cos) metrop(olis) Χρυσορ(ρό)α(ς)
Translation the colony of Damascus, metropolis; Chrysoroas
Reverse design river god Chrysoroas seated left, holding reeds and cornucopia; behind, urn from which water flows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.74 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 12
Specimens 16 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1908,0110.2387
    P: 89
    B: 18259184, Löbb.
    NY: 1944.100.83721
    NY: 1944.100.83722
    NY: 1944.100.83720
    CGT coll.
    CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 228
    CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 225 = Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5740
    CNG EA 263, 31 Aug. 2011, lot 264
    CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 53
    CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 359
    CNG EA 353, 17 June 2015, lot 325 = Heritage World Coin Auctions CICF Signature Sale, 18 Apr. 2013, lot 25811
    M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 693 = Athena GmbH 3, 15 May 1990, lot 472
    Private coll.
    Roma Numismatics EA 42, 6 Jan. 2018, lot 451