RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 2683)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 2683)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Issue LΓ = year 3
Dating AD 245/6
Obverse inscription Μ ωΤ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΑ ϹΕ Μ ϹΤΡΑ
Edition Μαρκία Ὠτακιλία Σεουῆρα Σεβαστὴ μήτηρ στρατοπέδων Μ(αρκία) Ὠτ(ακιλία) Σεουῆρα Σε(βαστὴ) μ(ήτηρ) στρα(τοπέδων)
Translation Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta, mother of the camps
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa, right
Reverse inscription L Γ
Edition ἔτους γʹ (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design bust of Hermanubis right, wearing kalathos with taenia and lotus petals in front, with drapery on left shoulder; at right, winged caduceus and palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 11.32 g
Axis 11
Reference D 4981
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    B: 18274830, 1892/96
    Michigan R. A. Haatvedt and E. E. Peterson, Coins from Karanis: the University of Michigan excavations, 1924–1935 (Ann Arbor, 1964), no. 847 (not illustrated)
    ✸ CNG EA 563, 5 June 2024, lot 625
    Figari & Mosconi 1526 = Ars et Nummus, FPL July–Aug. 1970, lot 137 = Ars et Nummus, FPL June–Aug. 1973, lot 372 = D 4981