bpv_749185 - OTACILIA SEVERA Grand Bronze
195.00 €(Approx. 230.10$ | 167.70£)
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Type : Grand Bronze
Date: 244-245
Mint name / Town : Anazarbus, Cilicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 19,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d’Otacilia Sévéra à droite vu de trois quarts en avant posé sur un croissant, les cheveux tressés (L15).
Obverse legend : WTAKEILIA SEOUHRA SEB
Obverse translation : (Marcia Otacilia Sévéra augusta).
Reverse
Reverse description : Déméter assise à gauche tenant des épis et une torche ; en dessous un trophée.
Reverse legend : ET GXS
Reverse translation : (An 263).
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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