brm_918741 - OTACILIA SEVERA Antoninien
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Type : Antoninien
Date: 244
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,50 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré des deux côtés. Très joli buste. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
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Obverse
Obverse legend : MARCIA OTACIL - SEVERA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste drapé d'Otacilia Sévéra à droite, avec stéphané, vu de trois quarts en avant, posé sur le croissant (L15).
Obverse translation : "Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta", (Marcia Otacilia Sévéra augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PIETA-S AVG.
Reverse description : Pietas (la Piété) voilée et diadémée, debout de face, tournée à gauche, tenant une boite à encens de la main gauche et versant de l'encens au-dessus d'un autel allumé.
Reverse translation : "Pietas Augustæ", (La Piété 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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