RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 15988)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 15988)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus) ; Philip II (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Issue Fine style
Dating AD 247–9
Obverse inscription IMPP DD NN PHILIPPIS AVGG
Edition Imp(eratoribus) D(ominis) N(ostris) Philippis Aug(ustis)
Translation to our Emperors and Lords the Philips Augusti
Obverse design confronted busts of Philip I, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from front, and Philip II, radiate, draped and cuirassed, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription M OTAC SEVERA AVG
Edition M(arcia) Otac(ilia) Severa Aug(usta)
Translation Marcia Otacilia Severa, Empress
Reverse design diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa right, crescent behind; below, ram leaping right, head left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.39 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    O: Rueff Bequest
    IMJ: 4290
    Agora 48, 12 Jan. 2016, lot 92
    CGT coll. = CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 358 = CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 217 = Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5728
    ✸ CNG EA 179, 2 Jan. 2008, lot 163
    CNG EA 198, 5 Nov. 2008, lot 196
    CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 49
    Lindgren I, 2149
    Savoca Coins Blue 190th Weekly Blue, 13 Jan. 2024, lot 449