brm_325519 - OTACILIA SEVERA Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 250.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 248
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 21,05 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un flan large et très épais. Joli portrait de style fin et beau revers. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste drapé d'Otacilia Sévéra à droite, avec stéphané, vu de trois quarts en avant (L5).
Obverse translation : "Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta", (Marcia Otacilia Sévéra Augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SAECVLARES AVGG// S C.
Reverse description : Hippopotame à droite.
Reverse translation : "Saeculares Augusti" (Les Jeux Séculaires de l'Impératrice).
Commentary
Poids très lourd !.
Very heavy weight!
Very heavy weight!
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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