RPC VIII, 2795

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2795
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Issue Rough style
Dating AD 244–7
Obverse inscription M OTAC SEVERA AVG
Edition Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta 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 ΔAMAS METRO
Edition colonia Δamasco metropoli col(onia) Δamas(co) metro(poli)
Translation in the colony Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design shrine with four columns and projecting carry bars; within, draped bust of Fortuna right, turreted; between bars, ram leaping right, head left; either side, figure of Victory supporting small shrine from which the head of a bird emerges
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 20.78 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 24 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1968.153
2 2     B: 18259192, Löbb.
3 3     Mu
4 4     NY: 1944.100.83730
5 5     NY: 1944.100.83729
6 6     NY: 1944.100.83731
7 7     Brussels: 479
8 8     IMJ: 4281
9 9     Agora 42, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 82
10 10     Agora 43, 20 Oct. 2015, lot 93
11 11     CGT coll.
12 12     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 254
13 13     CNG 47, 16 Sept. 1998, lot 969
14 14     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1037
15 15     CNG EA 255, 4 May 2011, lot 258
16 16     CNG EA 265, 5 Oct. 2011, lot 275
17 17     CNG EA 297, 27 Feb. 2013, lot 217
18 18     CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 51
19 19     CNG EA 427, 22 Aug. 2018, lot 373
20 20     CNG EA 435, 2 Jan. 2019, lot 261
21 21     ✸ Heritage CICF Signature Sale 3032, 10 Apr. 2014, lot 23509
22 22     Naville Numismatics 39, 29 Apr. 2018, lot 227
23 23     R. McAlee coll.
24 24     Sol Numismatik XLI, 19 Apr. 2025, lot 325