v08_0375 - OTACILIA SEVERA Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 335.39 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 335.39 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 32)
Date: 245
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze or copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 21,45 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4
Emission: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, poids lourd. Très beau portrait. Magnifique patine verte marbrée de rouge
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 (L5).
Obverse translation : (Marcia Otacilia Severa augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PVDICITIA AVG/SC.
Reverse description : Pudicitia (la Pudeur) voilée et drapée assise à gauche, tenant le voile avec sa main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : (La Pudeur de l'augusta).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
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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