RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 15983)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 15983)
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 DAMAS METRO
Edition col(onia) Damas(cus) Metro(polis)
Translation Colony Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design Hercules standing left, holding club and lion skin, right arm outstretched, draped with uncertain object (animal skin?); in upper left field, ram's head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.94 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     B: 18259182, Löbb.
— —     NY: 1944.100.83716
— —     V: GR 21880
— —     ✸ Private coll. = CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 219 = Dix, Noonan Webb, 20 Sept. 2008, lot 5731