RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 26496)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 26496)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription M OTAC SEVERA AVG
Edition M(arcia) Otac(ilia) Severa Aug(usta)
Translation Marcia Otacilia Severa, Empress
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa, right
Reverse inscription COL TYRO METR, ΔΙΔω
Edition col(onia) Tyro metr(opolis) Διδώ
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis; Dido
Reverse design Dido standing left, holding ruler and sceptre; behind her palm tree; on left arched city gate of Carthage on which mason sits and constructs; above, murex shell; below, man digging right, with pick
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 23.27 g
Axis 6
Reference Rouvier 2454
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     N: 9256 rev. cast in Winterthur
— —     ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 3, 30 Nov. 2013, lot 371
— —     VAuctions 321, 10 Nov. 2016, lot 129