bpv_231751 - OTACILIA SEVERA Triassaria
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 105.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 105.00 €
Type : Triassaria
Date: 244-246
Mint name / Town : Deultum, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 8,35 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Joli revers de frappe un peu faible. Belle patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : MARCIA OTAC-IL SEVHRA 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”, (Marcia Otacilia Sévéra Augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COL FL P-A-C DEVLT.
Reverse description : Artémis (Diane) marchant à droite, vêtue du chiton court, tirant une flèche de son carquois de la main droite et bandant son arc de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Colonia Flavia Pacifica Deultum”, (Colonie flavienne pacifique de Deultum).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Trou de centrage de chaque côté.
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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