brm_273869 - OTACILIA SEVERA Antoninien
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Price : 75.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: 247
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 450 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,58 g.
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait de haut relief. Frappe molle au revers. Patine grise superficielle légèrement tachée
Obverse
Obverse legend : M 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 : “Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta”, (Marcia 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
Au revers une seule corne d’abondance sans autel. Ce type ne semble pas référence.
On the reverse, a single cornucopia without an altar. This type does not seem to be a reference
On the reverse, a single cornucopia without an altar. This type does not seem to be a reference
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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