brm_903017 - OTACILIA SEVERA Antoninien
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Type : Antoninien
Date: 245
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 4,42 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Très joli buste d’Otacilia Sévéra, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
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Obverse
Obverse legend : MARCIA OTACIL - SEVERA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d'Otacilia Sévéra à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant, posé sur un croissant (L15).
Obverse translation : “Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta”, (Marcia Otacilia Severa augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PVDICITIA AVG.
Reverse description : Pudicitia (la Pudeur) voilée et drapée assise à gauche, tenant son voile de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pudicitia Augustæ”, (La Pudeur de l'augusta).
Historical background
OTACILIA SEVERA
(+249)
Wife of Philippus I, mother of Philippus II - Augusta
Otacilie, daughter of Severus, governor of Pannonia, married Philip around 234. Philip II, their son, was born around 237. She seems to have sympathy for Christians, who enjoyed relative security under Philip's reign before the great persecution. by Trajan Decius. Her fate after the death of her husband and son is unknown. Is she murdered or does she retreat into private life? She disappears from history.
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