RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 6463)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 6463)
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 METRO
Edition col(onia) Tyro metro(polis)
Translation the colony of Tyre, metropolis
Reverse design Dido standing left, holding ruler and sceptre; on left arched city gate of Carthage on which mason sits and constructs; on the right, murex shell and star; below, man digging right, with pick
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 18.69 g
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier —
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    Savoca Coins Blue 199th Weekly Blue, 2 Mar. 2024, lot 394
    ✸ VAuctions 325, 30 June 2017, lot 492