E-auction 72-35143 - bpv_310771 - OTACILIA SEVERA Unité
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| Estimate : | 75 € |
| Price : | 18 € |
| Maximum bid : | 20 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 September 2014 16:12:30 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Unité
Date: 247-249
Mint name / Town : Zeugma, Syrie, Commagène
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 15,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et bien centré à l’usure très importante, parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine marron foncé au droit, verte au revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de la maison Platt
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d’Otacilia Sévéra à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant posé sur un croissant (L15).
Obverse legend : MAR OTAKIL SEOUHAN SEB.
Obverse translation : (Marcia Otacilia Sévéra augusta).
Reverse
Reverse description : Temple tétrastyle de Zeus Catabaites sur l’Acropole ; à l’exergue un capricorne à gauche.
Reverse legend : ZEUGM-ATEWN.
Reverse translation : (De Zeugma).
Commentary
Représentation inhabituelle du temple.
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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