RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 93999)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 93999)
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(co) metrop(oli)
Translation in the colony Damascus, metropolis
Reverse design Fortuna seated left, on rock, holding fillet or diadem and cornucopia; in upper left field, ram leaping right; below, upper part of river god Chrysoroas swimming
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.85 g
Axis 1
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note Ram leaping through circular device on coin https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/281495.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     NY: 1944.100.83714
— —     ✸ NY: 1944.100.83715