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Live auction - bpv_308901 - OTACILIA SEVERA Tétradrachme syro-phénicien

OTACILIA SEVERA Tétradrachme syro-phénicien AU
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Estimate : 350 €
Price : 180 €
Maximum bid : 221 €
End of the sale : 08 October 2024 14:28:50
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
Date: 245
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie
Metal : billon
Diameter : 28,00 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,78 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan court mais frappe bien centrée, usure limitée aux mèches de la tempe et au ventre de l’aigle
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire, qui provient de la vente Berk n°88 de novembre 1995 puis de la Collection Richard McAlee, illustre le type dans le livre de celui-ci Roman Coins of Antioch

Obverse


Obverse description : Buste drapé et diadémé à gauche, les cheveux remontés en tresse sur la tête, posé sur un croissant de lune, vu de trois quarts de face.
Obverse legend : MAR WTAKIL SEOUHRAN SEB.
Obverse translation : (Marcia Otacilia Severa augusta).

Reverse


Reverse legend : S|C À L’EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche, les ailes déployées, tête à gauche et queue à droite, tenant une couronne feuillée dans son bec, posé sur une palme tige à droite.
Reverse legend : DHMARC - EX OUSIAS UPATOA.
Reverse translation : (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne / Consul pour la première fois / avec l’accord du Sénat).

Commentary


Dans la base TSP maintenue par Michel Prieur, onze exemplaires sont maintenant répertoriés pour ce type, trois en musée, à Princeton, Yale ex Doura et Gaziantep.

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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