RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 20121)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 20121)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Adramyteum
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Magistrate Ag— Hesperos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΩΤΑΚΙΛΙΑ ϹΕΒΗΡΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Ὠτακιλία Σεβῆρα Σεβαστή Ὠτακιλία Σεβῆρα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Otacilia Severa Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Otacilia Severa, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠ[Ι ϹΤΡ] ΕϹΠΕΡΟΥ ΑΔΡΑΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Ἑσπέρου Ἀδραμυτηνῶν ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Ἑσπέρου Ἀδραμυτηνῶν
Translation under strategos Hesperos, of the Adramyteans
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding patera, hand on shield at feet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 7.83 g
Axis 12
Reference von Fritze 187; Barth 265
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note Reverse legend read ƐΠΙ [ϹΤ]Ρ ƐϹΠƐΡΟΥ ΑΔΡΑΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ by von Fritze, though it could also be ƐΠ ΑΓ ƐϹΠƐΡΟΥ ΑΔΡΑΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ.
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