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Live auction - bpv_540693 - OTACILIA SEVERA Tétradrachme

OTACILIA SEVERA Tétradrachme AU/AU
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Estimate : 300 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 27 April 2021 15:49:20
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: 245-246
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,24 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, parfaitement centré de part et d’autre. Magnifique portrait d’Otacilia et revers de style fin. La monnaie conserve une partie de son argenture et est couverte d’une patine homogène
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant du stock de Richelieu Numismatique

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 : Sérapis debout de face, la tête tournée à droite, tenant un sceptre de la main droite.
Reverse translation : (an 3).

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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