v45_0487 - OTACILIA SEVERA Antoninien
MONNAIES 45 (2010)
Starting price : 110.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
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Starting price : 110.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Antoninien
Date: 245
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Emission: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Portrait magnifique. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine grise superficielle avec des reflets dorés
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
Sur cet exemplaire, le croissant est petit.
On this example, the crescent is small
On this example, the crescent is small
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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