RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 6541)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 6541)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Heliopolis
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Dating AD 244/5
Obverse inscription OTACILIA SEVERA AVG
Edition Otacilia Severa Aug(usta)
Translation Otacilia Severa Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa, right, crescent at shoulders
Reverse inscription I O M H, COL HE(L)
Edition I(upiter) O(ptimus) M(aximus) H(eliopolitanus) col(onia) Hel(iopolitana)
Translation Jupiter of Heliopolis, the best and greatest; the colony of Heliopolis
Reverse design temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus seen in perspective; ear of corn in front of the temple; altar behind the temple
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.39 g
Axis 6, 7, 8, 12
Reference Sawaya series 49, 540–547
Specimens 14 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: 168
    P: Chandon de Briailles 1286
    B: 18209529, I-B
    Cop SNG 437
    NY: 1948.19.2517
    NY: 1944.100.83855
    IMJ: 15920
    CNG EA 170, 8 Aug. 2007, lot 184
    CNG MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2007, lot 1109
    CNG MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 665
    CNG Triton VIII, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 794
    Gorny & Mosch 115, 5 Mar. 2002, lot 1413
    ✸ R. Hoppensteadt coll. = CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 1114
    Stack's Bowers Galleries & Ponterio Sale 185, 12 Aug. 2014, lot 30142