v26_0376 - OTACILIA SEVERA Sesterce, (GB, Æ 30)
MONNAIES 26 (2006)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 30)
Date: 246
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 18,16 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Emission: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Jolie patine vert jade foncé épaisse sur un flan légèrement irrégulier, en particulier au revers. Frappe faible au revers
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 Severa Augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCORDIA AVGG// S C.
Reverse description : Concordia (la Concorde) assise de face, tournée à gauche, les jambes croisées, tenant une patère de la main droite et une double corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Concordia Augustorum”, (La Concorde des augustes).
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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