brm_315061 - OTACILIA SEVERA Antoninien
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Price : 195.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 195.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: 248
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,64 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier, bien centré. Beau portrait. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Jolie patine de collection ancienne gris foncé avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de ROME VI, n° 142 et de la collection D. R
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
Poids léger. 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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