RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 26775)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 26775)
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 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 ΔAMA METRO
Edition col(onia) Dama(scos) Metro(polis)
Translation Colony of Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design in upper register, Fortuna seated left, on rock, holding fillet or diadem and cornucopia; in upper left field, ram leaping left, head right; before, Marsyas standing right, holding wineskin and raising hand; in lower register, four Tychai: the outer pair with hands raised towards Fortuna of Damascus; left of centre figure holding up uncertain object; right of centre figure sacrificing over altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.22 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 11 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: 1966.453; Delepierre 6735
    P: Y 23455 bis, Chandon de Briailles 1202
    P: Y 28475.7
    ✸ Mu
    NY: 1944.100.83726
    V: GR 21879
    CNG EA 344, 11 Feb. 2015, lot 360
    CNG EA 427, 22 Aug. 2018, lot 372
    Lindgren I, 2388
    M&M GmbH 32, 26 May 2010, lot 337 (as Tyre, Aquilia Severa)
    R. Hoppensteadt coll.