Found A Lonely Hippopotamus On My Way Home

Was digging through the coin bin yesterday and found this little cutie hiding in one of the boxes. Its not in the best shape but I felt so sad leaving it behind that I had to pick it up. Its my only hippo coin so far, and I can't complain. It was only ten bucks which is the price of lunch in the city.


Otacilia Severa, Sestertius
248 A.D.
AE28.7 / 11.6g
o: MARCIA OTACILIA SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust right
r: SAECVLARES AVGG, SC in exergue, hippopotamus standing right, head raised (or rather it was supposed to appear but its completely worn off)
RIC 200a, Cohen 65

 

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Cool coin. I'm meaning to start collecting the Saeculares series commemorating the 1,000th anniversary of the founding of Rome, but don't have any examples yet. Nice find for $10.

 

10 $ for a hippo, it's kind of cheapo !

My only Saeculares isn't an animal coin


Otacilia Severa, Sestertius struck in Rome, 248 AD
MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG, Diademed and draped bust of Otacilia right
SAECVLARES AVGG, Cippus, SC in field
22.44 gr
Ref : Cohen #68, RCV #9171

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Ten bucks, heck yeah!

 

A better reverse type. Nice find for $10!

 

I have a budget hippo sestertius, too!!


Otacilia Severa, AD 244-249
Roman Æ sestertius; 11.52 g, 30.4 mm
Rome, AD 248
Obv: MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust, right
Rev: SAECVLARES AVGG SC, Hippopotamus standing right
Refs: RIC 200; Cohen 65; RCV 9170; Hunter 26

 

Wow, IR $10 I don't think I'd let it sit in some crummy box either.
There's only a few coin shops local, I've asked them all several times if they had any ancients. It's always the same response "ancient coins ooohhh no we don't want to even mess with those". All I can do is SMH & leave.

 

Thats kind of tough, there are only a couple of coin stores by me that I like. One for modern stuff which I rarely go to anymore since I'm more into ancients now. And the other which I got this from, but its a bit out of the way, tiny, and crammed with stuff all over.

 

Love the hippo

 

Nice!

 

congrats @icerain ! Nice Hippo!

I have nary a hippo, so I covet your capture!

 

yeah, 10 bucks well spent IR.

 

Sounds AWESOME!

 

$10 => wow dawg, that is an amazing score!! (congrats!!)

Ummm, I absolutely "love" my Hippo, but admittedly it cost "100 times" more than your awesome coin!!



... yah, you may have won that battle, my thrifty/lucky coin-friend? (winna-winna)



Again => icerain, congrats on adding that baby to your fine collection!!

 

Only Otacilia I have... no Hippo, not bronze... > $10... cripes: FAIL


RI Otacilia Severa 244-249CE AR Ant Pietas Augustae incense RIC IV 43

 

i've found those places are the best ones to shop at. very nice pickup icer!

 

Cool pickup! For an Otacilia hippo, $10 is almost the same as Free.

 

Very cool OP find! I have a hippo bronze, but mine is an Egyptian diobol of Claudius:

 

...send me $10....(jk)><