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v31_0421 - OTACILIA SEVERA Antoninien

OTACILIA SEVERA Antoninien AU
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 100.00 €
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Type : Antoninien
Date: 245
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,62 g.
Officine: 4e
Emission: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Frappe molle au revers. Patine grise légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :

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).

Commentary


Poids léger. Sur cet exemplaire, on dirait que la Pudeur tient quelque chose de la main droite.

Historical background


OTACILIA SEVERA

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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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