RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 8426)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 8426)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Otacilia Severa (Augusta)
Issue Fine style
Dating AD 247–9
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, crescent at shoulders
Reverse inscription COL DAMAS METROP
Edition col(onia) Damas(cos) Metrop(olis)
Translation Colony of Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design Fortuna seated left, on rock, holding fillet or diadem and cornucopia; in upper left field, ram leaping left, head right; below, upper part of river god Chrysoroas swimming
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.25 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Specimens 16 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1908,0110.2392
    ✸ L: 1931,0603.30
    L: 1908,0110.2393
    L: 1908,0110.2391
    NY: 1944.100.83714
    NY: 1944.100.83715
    IMJ: 4282 Rosenberger 39
    Tübingen: Slg. Müller 1201
    CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 659
    CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 1038
    CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 218 = Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5730
    CNG EA 246, 15 Dec. 2010, lot 228
    CNG EA 261, 3 Aug. 2011, lot 224 = CNG 87, 18 May 2011, lot 886
    CNG EA 315, 20 Nov. 2013, lot 239
    CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 54
    CNG EA 392, 1 Mar. 2017, lot 418