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Object Type
Museum number: 1921,0520.6
Description: Copper Alloy coin. (whole); Bust of Otacilia Severa, wearing diadem, right; dotted border. (obverse); Personification of Dacia, wearing Phrygian cap and long chiton; holding curved sword in right hand, and standard in left hand; to left, eagle holding wreath in upturned beak; to right, lion advancing left; around inscription. (reverse)
State
Authority
Regnal date: 1
Cultures/periods
Production date: 244-245
Production place: Minted in: Dacia
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Diameter: 29 millimetres (maximum); Weight: 16.450 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: SNG Copenhagen / Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols) (129) (type); SNG Hungary II / Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Hungary: Budapest Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum: Volume II Dacia-Moesia Superior (60-61) (type); Pick 1898 / Die Antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien: Band I: Viminacium - Nicopolis (17-25) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Otacilia Severa; Representation of: Dacia
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1921
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1921,0520.6

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