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(co) metrop(oli) Χρυσορ(ρό)α(ς)
Translation in 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 15.97 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 12
Specimens 20 (6 in the core collections)
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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 541, 28 June 2023, lot 381
— —     M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 693 = Athena GmbH 3, 15 May 1990, lot 472
— —     Private coll.
— —     R. McAlee coll.
— —     R. McAlee coll.= CNG EA 353, 17 June 2015, lot 325 = Heritage World Coin Auctions CICF Signature Sale, 18 Apr. 2013, lot 25811
— —     Roma Numismatics EA 42, 6 Jan. 2018, lot 451
— —     Roma Numismatics EA 96, 5 May 2022, lot 770
— —     Solidus Numismatik 131, 23 Apr. 2024, lot 136