v13_0620 - OTACILIA SEVERA Grand Bronze, (GB, Æ 30)
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 121.96 €
Estimate : 243.92 €
Realised price : 121.96 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 152.45 €
Starting price : 121.96 €
Estimate : 243.92 €
Realised price : 121.96 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 152.45 €
Type : Grand Bronze, (GB, Æ 30)
Date: 244-249
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 15,48 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Flan large et régulier. Patine marron. Métal légèrement granuleux
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d’Otacilia Sévéra à droite vu de trois quarts en avant posé sur un croissant, les cheveux tressés (L15).
Obverse legend : MAR WTAKIL SEOUHRAN SEB.
Obverse translation : (Marcia Otacilia Sévéra augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S-C.
Reverse description : Buste de la Tyché d’Antioche tourelée, voilée et drapée à droite, surmontée d’un bélier bondissant à droite.
Reverse legend : ANTIOCEWN - MHTRO KOLWN/ D-E.
Reverse translation : (Antioche ville et colonie).
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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