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                        Lot: 423

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                        ROMAN EMPIRE: Otacilia Severa , wife of Philip I. AD 
                        244. AR antoninianus (4.40 gm).

                        ROMAN EMPIRE. Otacilia Severa (wife of Philip I). Silver 
                        antoninianus (4.40 gm). Eastern mint, AD 244. MARCIA 
                        OTAC-ILIA SEVERA AVG, draped bust right on crescent, 
                        wearing stephane / CONCORDIA AVGVSTI, Philip I and 
                        Otacilia clasping hands: Philip standing right, 
                        laureate, togate, holding roll in left hand; Otacilia 
                        standing left, draped and veiled, holding slanting 
                        scepter in left hand. Cf. P. Crinon, BSFN September 
                        1993, pp. 615-617 (same reverse die, but abbreviated 
                        obverse legend). Unpublished variant. Unique: only the 
                        second recorded coin with this reverse type, and the 
                        first to couple this type with the long obverse legend 
                        marking the mint's first issue. Extremely fine 

                        This eastern mint employed a long form of the obverse 
                        legend for its initial issue, then promptly replaced it 
                        with the abbreviated legend MARC OTACI SEVERA AVG. The 
                        present coin is only the second recorded antoninianus of 
                        Otacilia with the long form of the legend (the other has 
                        the reverse type PIETAS AVG N). Philip II is not 
                        represented in the mint's inaugural issue, indicating 
                        that it was struck before he was proclaimed Caesar, thus 
                        between Philip's accession ca. March 244 and the 
                        elevation of Philip II as Caesar ca. July 244. 
                        Estimated Value: $ 3,500 




...Sold for $3,000 USD [ approx 2280 EUR, 1590 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
                      and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).