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LOT 3452
Otacilia Severa AE 27mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.
ΜΑΡ ΩΤΑΚΙΛ ϹЄΟΥΗΡΑΝ ϹЄΒ, diademed and draped bust to right, with crescent behind shoulders / ΙΟΥ ϹЄΠ ΚΟΛΩ ΝЄϹΙΒΙ ΜΗΤ, temple with arched pediment and four columns enclosing draped, veiled and turreted Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2575; BMC Arabia 27-32; SNG Copenhagen 244. Very Fine.(9.88gr, 27mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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