Live auction - brm_744708 - OTACILIA SEVERA Antoninien
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| Estimate : | 120 € |
| Price : | 62 € |
| Maximum bid : | 70 € |
| End of the sale : | 29 October 2024 14:45:57 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Antoninien
Date: 247
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,17 g.
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan large, centré des deux côtés. Buste finement détaillé. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : OTACIL SEVERA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste drapé d'Otacilia Severa à droite, avec stéphané, vu de trois quarts en avant, posé sur le croissant (L15).
Obverse translation : “Otacilia Severa Augusta”, (Otacilia Severa augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCORDIA AVGG.
Reverse description : Concordia (la Concorde) drapée, assise à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite au-dessus d'un autel et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Concordia Augustorum” (La Concorde des augustes).
Commentary
Cette légende de droit semble plus rare pour ce type de revers. Légende courte pour le droit et Concorde avec une seule corne d’abondance et autel.
This legal legend seems rarer for this type of reverse. Short legend for Law and Concord with a single cornucopia and altar
This legal legend seems rarer for this type of reverse. Short legend for Law and Concord with a single cornucopia and altar
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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