brm_543893 - OTACILIA SEVERA Antoninien
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Type : Antoninien
Date: 245
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,26 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés. Beau buste d’Otacilia Sévéra. Revers de style fin. Patine de collection avec des reflets doréq
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Obverse
Obverse legend : M OTACIL SEVERA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste drapé d'Otacilia Sévéra à droite, avec stéphané, vu de trois quarts en avant, posé sur le croissant (L15).
Obverse translation : “Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta”, (Marcia Otacilia Sévéra augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IVNO CONSERVAT.
Reverse description : Junon voilée et drapée debout de face tournée à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Iuno Conservatrix”, (Junon protectrice).
Commentary
Beau buste.
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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