RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 59290)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 59290)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΜΑΡ ΩΤΑ ϹΕΥΗΡΑ
Edition Μαρ(κία) Ὠτα(κιλλία) Σευῆρα
Translation Marcia Otacilia Severa
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ΛΕΥΚΟΦΡΥΗΝΗ
Edition Μαγνήτων Λευκοφρυηνή
Translation of the Magnesians, Leukophryene
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene; in pediment, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 9.12 g
Axis 6
Reference Schultz 485 corr.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note Schultz, describing the Berlin coin, suggested a reverse legend reading 'ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩ(Ν ΕΠΙ), [... ]'. Visual inspection of the Berlin coin however showed that the inscription is identical to the one of the Elsen coin and that no magistrate name is therefore mentioned here.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     B: 18275823 Schultz 485.1
— —     ✸ Elsen 54, 13 June 1998, lot 625