RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 58996)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 58996)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
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 TYRO MET
Edition col(onia) Tyro met(ropolis)
Translation colony of Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design Cadmus advancing right, head left, holding sword and raising right arm, on galley, left, with shield on aphlaston at stern ending; left, murex shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 19.85 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier —
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ NY: 1973.191.159
    Gush Halav hoard 145, pl. 21