Live auction - brm_619100 - OTACILIA SEVERA Antoninien
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 270 € |
| Maximum bid : | 270 € |
| End of the sale : | 27 October 2020 15:18:36 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Antoninien
Date: 248
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan large, idéalement centré. Très bel hippopotame au revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : 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 : “Otacilia Severa Augusta”, (Otacilia Sévéra augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SAECVLARES AVGG// IIII.
Reverse description : Hippopotame passant à droite.
Reverse translation : “Sæculares Augustorum”, (Jeux séculaires des augustes).
Commentary
Revers historiquement intéressant.
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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