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bpv_523535 - OTACILIA SEVERA Tétradrachme

OTACILIA SEVERA Tétradrachme AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: 245-246
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,31 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan très large à l’usure superficielle. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
MRMA.75 .32 - D.4991
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection ENP

Obverse

Obverse description : Buste drapé et diadémé d’Otacilia Sévéra à droite, les cheveux remontés en tresse sur la tête, posé sur un croissant de lune, vu de trois quarts en avant (L15).
Obverse legend : M wT SEOUHRA SE M sTRA.
Obverse translation : (Marcia Otacilia Severa augusta).

Reverse

Reverse legend : L - .
Reverse description : Victoire avançant à droite, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : G.
Reverse translation : (an 3).

Commentary

Variété avec la petite tête, beaucoup plus rare.

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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