RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 20215)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 20215)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Daldis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Magistrate Flavius Aelius Priscus (first archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΜΑΡΚ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹΕΒΗΡΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Μαρκία Ὠτακιλία Σεβῆρα Σεβαστή Μαρκ(ία) Ὠτακιλ(ία) Σεβῆρα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΦΛ ΑΙ ΠΡΕΙϹΚΟΥ ΑΡΧ(Ι) ΠΡΩ ΠΟ (sic) Β ΔΑΛΔΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Φλαβίου Αἰλίου Πρείσκου ἄρχοντος πρώτου τὸ βʹ Δαλδιανῶν ἐπὶ Φλ(αβίου) Αἰ(λίου) Πρείσκου ἄρχ(οντος) πρώ(του) {π}<τ>ὸ βʹ Δαλδιανῶν
Translation under Flavius Aelius Priscus, first archon for the second time, of the Daldians
Reverse design cult statue of Kore standing facing between poppy and ear of corn; bucranium and wreath on either side of her headdress
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 12.66 g
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 362
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Note The reverse legend has often been read as ΑΡΧΙ ΠΡΩ ΠΟ Β ( i.e. archiereus, first of the city for the second time), though the iota of ΑΡΧΙ is absent from coin https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/453168 and ΠΡΩ ΠΟ could be an engraver's error for ΠΡΩ ΤΟ Β (i.e. first archon for the second time).
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1872,0709.277 BMC 15
— —     L: HPB,p134.1.F BMC 16
— —     P: 264 Wa 4956
— —     Winterthur GrMW II, 3729
— —     ✸ Concordia Numismatic 4, 12 May 2023, lot 1305