v49_0663 - OTACILIA SEVERA Sesterce, (GB, Æ 29)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 29)
Date: 245
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 16,90 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Emission: 11e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait d’Otacilia. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
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 AVG-G/ S|C.
Reverse description : Pietas (la Piété) voilée et diadémée, drapée debout à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant une boite à encens de la main gauche et sacrifiant au-dessus d’un autel allumé.
Reverse translation : “Pietas Augustorum”, (La Piété des augustes).
Commentary
Pour Otacilia Sévéra, nous avons trois types différents de Piété.
For Otacilia Severa, we have three different types of Piety
For Otacilia Severa, we have three different types of Piety
Historical background
OTACILIA SEVERA
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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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