brm_229633 - OTACILIA SEVERA Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: 249
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 17,89 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de haut relief. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d'Otacilia Severa à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (L5).
Obverse translation : "Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta", (Marcia Otacilia Sévéra augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PIETAS AVGVSTAE/ S|C.
Reverse description : Pietas (la Piété) voilée et diadémée debout de face tournée à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant une boite à encens de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pietas Augustæ”, (La Piété de l’augusta).
Commentary
Cette émission, l’une des dernières du règne de Philippe l’Arabe semble vraiment rare.
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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