RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 8428)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 8428)
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 ΔAMA METRO
Edition col(onia) Dama(scos) Metro(polis)
Translation Colony of Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design female figure seated right on rock, beneath tree or vine, left hand raised to lips; beside her, lion seated right; in tree, eagle with wings spread
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.33 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Specimens 13 (2 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     NY: 1944.100.83728
— —     V: GR 21881
— —     IMJ: 4280 Rosenberger 37
— —     Yale: 2001.87.12597
— —     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 226 = Dix, Noonan Webb, 29 Sept. 2008, lot 5741
— —     CNG EA 255, 4 May 2011, lot 260
— —     CNG EA 307, 24 July 2013, lot 198
— —     CNG EA 341, 17 Dec. 2014, lot 58
— —     CNG EA 354, 1 July 2015, lot 394
— —     Emporium Hamburg 106, 13 May 2024, lot 625
— —     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 622 = Sternberg, Nov. 1976, lot 592
— —     ✸ Private coll. = CNG EA 375, 1 June 2016, lot 587 = Cederlind 180, 14 Sept. 2015, lot 81 = Numismatica Ars Classica 84, 20 May 2015, lot 2019 = CNG 318, 15 Jan. 2014, lot 451
— —     Savoca Coins Silver 243rd Monthly Silver, 24 Nov. 2024, lot 170