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bpv_531981 - OTACILIA SEVERA Tétradrachme

OTACILIA SEVERA Tétradrachme AU/XF
150.00 €(Approx. 162.00$ | 129.00£)
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: 244-245
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,73 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire avec un joli buste et un beau revers. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
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 - B.
Reverse description : Sérapis debout de face, la tête tournée à droite, tenant un sceptre de la main droite.
Reverse translation : (an 2).

Commentary


Type inhabituel.

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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