RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 27763)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 27763)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus) ; Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Magistrate Gaius Ulpius Pacatus Prastina Messalinus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ Μ ΩΤΑΚ ϹΕΒΗΡΑ ϹϹ (sic)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Φίλιππος Αὔγ(ουστος) Μ(αρκία) Ὠτακ(ίλια) Σεβηρὰ Σ{σ}<ε>(βαστή)
Translation Emperor Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta
Obverse design confronted busts of Philip I, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right, seen from rear, and Otacilia Severa, diademed and draped, left
Reverse inscription ΥΠ ΠΡΑϹΤ ΜΕϹϹΑΛΛΕΙΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Πραστ(εῖνα) Μεσσαλλείνου Μαρκιανοπολιτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Prastinus Messalinus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.86 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 1202; Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.41.10.2-3
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1844,0425.886.B BMC 91
    Bucharest L. Ruzicka, 'Inedita aus Moesia inferior', NZ 50 (1917), no. 1202a, pl. 29 rev. = cast in BBAW
    CGT coll.
    Freeman & Sear 4, 14 Jan. 1998, lot 451
    Gorny & Mosch 138, 7 Mar. 2005, lot 1627 = CNG EA 152, 15 Nov. 2006, lot 162
    Münzzentrum 90, 14 May 1997, lot 201
    Naumann 85, 5 Jan. 2020, lot 217
    ✸ Pfeiffer 738
    Rauch 82, 23 Apr. 2008, lot 488