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brm_097255 - OTACILIA SEVERA Sesterce

OTACILIA SEVERA Sesterce VF
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Price : 125.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 249
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 17,18 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Patine vert foncé avec des concrétions rougeâtres au droit
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Obverse


Obverse legend : MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste drapé d'Otacilia Sévéra à droite, avec stéphané, vu de trois quarts en avant (L5).
Obverse translation : "Marcia Otacilia Severa 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 : (La Piété de l'augusta).

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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