New acquisition. Interesting font on the obverse. The omega in the empresses name on the obverse is a Roman W (angular; an upside-down M), whereas the omega in the town's name on the reverse is the expected Ω. Otacilia Severa AD 244-249 Thrace, Bizya AE 24 6.89 gm, 23.5 mm Obv: M WTAKEIΛIA CEBHPA CEB, diademed and draped bust, r. Rev: ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ, Artemis standing r., holding arrow and torch; stag at her feet. Moushmov 3514; SGI 3991; Varbanov 1592; Lindgren I 759; Youroukova 148; Milano IV/3 --; BMC Thrace --; SNG Tubingen --; SNG Copenhagen --; Mionnet -- Post any Otacilia Severa provincials or any other coin with an odd combination of fonts; I'd love to see them!
Oticilia Several AR Silver Ant. 23mm 4.2G Rome 247AD 6th Emission O: Draped bust Right R: CONCORDIA AVGC Concordia seated lft holding patera double cornucopiae. Only Oticilia I have
Sweet find, Roman Collector ... congrats => I have two fairly cool examples from this fine lady Otacilia Severa (an AR Antoninianus and an AE Sestertius)
Only one here Otacilia Severa Coin: Silver Ant MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG - diademed draped bust right on crescent PVDICITIA AVG - Pudicita seated left, raising veil, holding scepter Mint: Rome (245 AD) Wt./Size/Axis: 4.90g / 23mm / - References: RIC 123c RSC 53
Love that as well !!!! Terrific OP @Roman Collector !! Lovely posts all !!! I only have one...an old sellers photo of a Heritage purchase almost two years ago...since 'liberated' but otherwise un-photographed:
My Antioch Otacilia bronze is consistant on the Omegas shape but notice the E's on the obverse are squared while the one on the reverse is rounded.
We have no records. I can't prove anything but I suspect 90% of ancient Greek and Roman dies were engraved by more than one cutter. I propose there were lettering specialists, those who cut reverse figures, those who roughed in portraits by removing large amounts of metal before a master finished the face of the emperor. On top of that, was there an apprentice who only cut borders of dots? We have some Greek dies that are signed showing different names on the two sides but the fact that Kimon signed a dekadrachm die does not mean that his helpers did not do some roughing in or an occasional dolphin. Our local art museum recently had a travelling exhibit on the sculptor Rodin. His 'Thinker' came in several sizes and materials but the master touched rather little of the products after the design phase. He did not do bronze casting but the art world treats the products of his shop as his originals. How much he did hands on work on a plaster master like the one below probably depended on the day and mood. Art is a machine. I suspect Praxiteles did the same thing and imagine his friends over in the coin shop did, too.
