RPC VIII, 1164

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 1164
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Metropolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Magistrate Aurelius Xestos II (strategos)
Obverse inscription Μ ΩΤΑΚΕΙΛΙΑ ϹΕΒΗΡΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Μαρκία Ὠτακειλία Σεβῆρα Σεβαστή Μ(αρκία) Ὠτακειλία Σεβῆρα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Marcus Otacilia Severa Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΞΕϹΤΟΥ Β ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Αὐρηλίου Ξέστου βʹ Μητροπολειτῶν ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ξέστου βʹ Μητροπολειτῶν
Translation under strategos Aurelius Xestos II of the Metropolitans
Reverse design hero and Boule standing facing each other, clasping hands; hero holding spear and Boule sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 9.01 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Martin, Demos, p. 31, ionisches Metropolis 9
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–13: same obv. die as 1165/1–2, 1166/1–2, 1178/1–10, 1180/1, 1207/1 (Ephesus), 1209/1–3 (Ephesus).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1899,0703.19
2 2     ✸ P: 1661
3 3     P: 1655
4 4     B: 18272964, 1882/442
5 5     B: 18272962, Löbb.
6 6     C SNG 4529
7 7     V-ON SNG Leypold 689
8 8     Yale: 2004.6.2731 Münzzentrum 90, 14 June 1997, lot 215
9 9     Cast in Winterthur = L. Naegeli coll. = Lederer IIb, p. 14, no. 44
10 10     Demos 3, 17 July 2021, lot 377
11 11     NAC 100, 29 May 2017, lot 1228
12 12     Naumann 112, 2 Jan. 2022, lot 381 = Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 34, 2 Aug. 2015, lot 637
13 13     SNG Turkey 10, 221