brm_341168 - OTACILIA SEVERA Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 195.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 195.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 247
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier. Très beau portrait. Revers de style fin. Jolie patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : OTACIL SEVERA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d'Otacilia Sévéra à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (L5).
Obverse translation : "Otacilia Severa Augusta", (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 main gauche.
Reverse translation : "Concordia Augustorum" (La Concorde des augustes)).
Commentary
C’est seulement le troisième exemplaire que nous présentons à la vente en vingt ans.
This is only the third example we have offered for sale in twenty years.
This is only the third example we have offered for sale in twenty years.
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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