PISIDIA. Amblada. Otacilia Severa, Augusta, 244-249. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 28 mm, 13.59 g, 1 h). ⲰΤΑΚΕΙΛΙΑΝ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΑΝ ϹЄΒ Diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa set to right on crescent. Rev. ΑΜΒΛΑΔЄΩΝ ΛΑKЄΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΩΝ Kybele (?) seated left, holding grain ears in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left; at feet to left, lion. RPC VIII online ID 20803. Von Aulock, Pisidien I, 149-51. Somewhat rough and with minor deposits, otherwise, very fine.


Although Sparta only had one true colony, Taras, over the centuries, several cities came to identify themselves as Spartan 'colonies', including Amblada, as shown by the reverse legend of our coin.