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Live auction - brm_417082 - OTACILIA SEVERA Antoninien

OTACILIA SEVERA Antoninien MS
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Estimate : 250 €
Price : 150 €
Maximum bid : 185 €
End of the sale : 31 January 2017 14:56:45
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Antoninien
Date: 245
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,42 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type sur flan large parfaitement centré avec les grènetis complets. Magnifique portrait inaugural d’Otacilia Sévéra. Revers de style fin de haut relief. Patine grise avec reflets dorés. Conserve l’intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : MARCIA OTACIL - SEVERA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d'Otacilia Sévéra à droite vu de trois quarts en avant, posé sur un croissant (L15).
Obverse translation : “Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta” (Marcia Otacilia Severa augusta).

Reverse


Reverse legend : PVDICITIA AVG.
Reverse description : Pudicitia (la Pudeur) voilée et drapée assise à gauche, tenant son voile de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pudicitia Augustæ” (La Pudeur de l'augusta).

Commentary


Portrait de toute beauté.

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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