RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 20736)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 20736)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hierapolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Alliance with Sardis
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 ΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ Κ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, ΠΥ[ΘΙ]Α, ΧΡ[ΥϹΑ]Ν[ΘΙ]ΝΑ
Edition Ἱεραπολειτῶν καὶ Σαρδιανῶν νεωκόρων ὁμόνοια Πύθια Χρυσάνθινα Ἱεραπολειτῶν κ(αὶ) Σαρδιανῶν νεωκόρων ὁμόνοια Πύθια Χρυσάνθινα
Translation concord of Hierapolitans and Sardians, neocorate, Pythian (games), Chrysanthine (games)
Reverse design two agonistic crowns, inscribed, each containing two palms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.92 g
Axis 6
Reference von Papen, ZfN 26 (1908), p. 169, no. 15; Weber, JIAN 14 (1912), p. 89, V, a-b; Franke & Nollé 840–3
Specimens 13 (3 in the core collections)
Note Two reverse dies were used. One has ΠΥΘΙΑ on the left and ΧΡΥϹΑΝΘΙΝΑ on the right crown (coin https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/148818, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/98494, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/485251, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/481000, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/474275, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/474273), while the other one has ΧΡΥϹΑΝΘΙΝΑ on the left and ΠΥΘΙΑ on the right crown (coin https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/101672, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/97120, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/101853, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/484511, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/324105).
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