bpv_960883 - OTACILIA SEVERA Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: 244-249
Mint name / Town : Phocée, Ionie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,19 g.
Rarity : R1
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Flan centré, éclaté à 6h. Joli buste d’Otacilia Sévéra, bien venu à la frappe. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d’Otacilia Sévéra à droite vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse legend : MA WTAK SEUHRA SE
Obverse translation : (Marcia Otacilia Sévéra augusta).
Reverse
Reverse description : Poséidon debout à gauche, tenant un dauphin et un trident ; le pied gauche sur une proue de navire.
Reverse legend : FWKAIEWN
Reverse translation : (des Phocéens).
Historical background
OTACILIA SEVERA
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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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