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Contributor: Clay Dorminey.
Issuer:
OTACILIA SEVERA
, wife of Philip I, AD 244-249. AR AntoninianusA.D. (3.8g).
Obverse:
OTACILIA SEVERA AVG, her diademed and draped bust facing right on crescent.
Reverse:
SAECULARES AVGG; Hippopotamus right; in exergue IIII.
Reference:
RIC 116b, Rome mint. Grade: mint.
Comments:
Issued for the Secular Games to celebrate Rome's 1000th anniversary.
For more information, read the "
Philip I
" entry from
De Imperatoribus Romanis
.
For recent scholarship on Otacilia Severa see
TOCS-IN
; for book reviews, see
Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews
.