v13_0612 - OTACILIA SEVERA Antoninien
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 76.22 €
Estimate : 152.45 €
Realised price : 88.42 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 106.71 €
Starting price : 76.22 €
Estimate : 152.45 €
Realised price : 88.42 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 106.71 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: 247
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : + 450 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,83 g.
Officine: 4e
Emission: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Trace de cassure de coin visible au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : M 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 Sévéra Augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCORDIA AVGG.
Reverse description : Concordia (la Concorde) assise de face, tournée à gauche, les jambes croisées, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche ; à ses pieds un autel.
Reverse translation : "Concordia Augustorum" (La Concorde des augustes).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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