RPC VIII, 2787

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2787
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 DAMAS METRO, ΑΓΙΑ ΙΕΡΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΜΙΑ (on crown)
Edition colonia Damasco metropoli ἁγία ἱερὰ Σεβάσμια col(onia) Damas(co) metro(poli) ἁγία ἱερὰ Σεβάσμια
Translation in the colony of Damascus, metropolis; holy, sacred, (and) Augustan
Reverse design agonistic crown, inscribed, containing palm or cypress branch; below, ram's head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 21.26 g
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.51965
2 2     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 224 = Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5739
3 3     CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 50
4 4     M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 694 = Schulten, Oct. 1988, lot 930
5 5     Nomos 32, 8 June 2024, lot 238
6 6     ✸ Private coll.