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Type : Sesterce
Date: 249
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 21,71 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
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Monnaie sur un flan épais, centré des deux côtés. Joli buste d’Otacilia Severa. Usure plus marquée au revers. Patine vert foncé
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Obverse
Obverse legend : MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d'Otacilia Severa à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (L5).
Obverse translation : "Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta", (Marcia Otacilia Sévéra augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PIETAS AVGVSTAE/ S|C.
Reverse description : Pietas (la Piété) voilée et diadémée debout de face tournée à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant une boite à encens de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pietas Augustæ”, (La Piété de l’augusta).
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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