RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 15979)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 15979)
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 Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta 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
Edition colonia Δamasco metropoli col(onia) Δamas(co) metrop(oli)
Translation in the colony Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design shrine with four columns and projecting carry bars; within, draped bust of Fortuna right, turreted; between bars, ram leaping right, head left; either side, figure of Victory supporting small shrine from which the head of a bird emerges
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 14.89 g
Axis 1
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: 1908,0110.2388
— —     M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 695