RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 27767)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 27767)
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 ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛ(Ε)ΙΤΩΝ, Ε
Edition ὑπ(ατείας) Πραστ(εῖνα) Μεσσαλείνου Μαρκιανοπολειτῶν εʹ
Translation during the (pro)consulship of Prastina Messalinus, of the Marcianopolitans, 5
Reverse design Apollo standing facing, head right, grasping a tree, around which a serpent coils, and holding his right arm over his head; to left, cloak on stone
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.47 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 1198–9; Hristova & Jekov, Marcianopolis 6.41.7.1-2
Specimens 26 (3 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., sometimes, ΟΥ for ΟΥ and ΟΠ for ΟΠ.

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