Otacilia Severa AR Antoninianus. Rome 247. M OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed, draped bust right on crescent / CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated left with patera and double cornucopiae. RIC 119b, RSC 9. Sear5 #9160 23 mm, 3,51 g Post yours, or her Husband Philip the Arab, or her Son Philip II or anything you think relevant.
A nice coin with a great portrait! Here’s my sestertius. There’s some mineralization that I wish could go away but I’m not going to mess with it. OTACILIA SEVERA AE sestertius. 244-245 AD. Diademed bust,draped,right. MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AUG. / Pudicitia seated left,drawing veil fron face and holding transverse sceptre. PVDICITIA AVG .In exergue SC. s 9169. RIC IV 209a. …and one of her husband: Philip I. AE Sestertius. AD 247. IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right P M TR P IIII COS II P P S-C, Felicitas standing left, holding cornucopiae and caduceus. RIC IV 150C; Cohen 140.
Here is her Son and Husband Marcus Julius Severus Philippus (Philip the younger). Struck under Philip I Philip II, AR antoninianus. 22.4 mm, 4.91 g.(Thick flan), Rome mint, 249AD. IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / LIBERALITAS AVGG III, Philip I, holding short sceptre, and Philip II seated left on curule chairs, extending right hands. RIC 230; RSC 17, Sear 9265.
Wonderful examples posted! I'm pretty short when it comes to Roman coins, but here's what I have for Marcia Otacilia Severa. Marcia Otacilia Severa, AE 27, Coele-Syria, Damascus, 244-49 AD. 17.55 grams Fortuna on reverse, seated above facing left, with what appears to be a fan club of Tyches below. Rough surfaces and corrosion. A pretty scarce coin, though. Marcia Otacilia Severa Sestertius, 248 AD. RIC 200a 13.6 grams This is a lower weight example.
Also an Antoninianus with Concordia. The reverse is not as well struck as the obverse: Rome, 247 AD, (7th Issue, 4th Officina) struck under the authority of Philip the Arab 22x23 mm, 3.426 g RIC IV Part iii Philip I 126; Cohen 17; Sear (RCV 2000 Edition, Nr. 9149); Kampmann 75.1 Ob.: M OTACIL SEVERA AVG diademed, and draped bust right on crescent; hair weaved in straight lines and rows with long plait carried up the back of head Rev.: CONCORDIA AVGG ("The empress and emperor endeavor as one in agreement") Concordia seated left, holding patera and single cornucopia, altar before.
A couple of family members here, and also a lower weight sestertius (the least expensive sestertius I have, picked up as a low bid that won). Otacilia Severa (wife of Philip I) Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 244-249. MAR[CI]A OTACIL SEVERA A[VG], diademed and draped bust to right / CONCORDIA A[VG]G, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and double cornucopiae; SC in exergue. RIC IV 203a Philip I AR Antoninianus. Rome, AD 248. IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / TRANQVILLITAS AVGG, Tranquillitas, draped, standing to left, holding capricorn (?) and sceptre; B in left field. RIC IV 9 Philip II, as Caesar, AR Antoninianus. Rome, AD 244-246. M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, prince standing to left, holding globe and spear. RIC IV 218d
Philip II as Augustus, sestertius. Rev.: LIBERALITAS AVGG III : Philip I and his son Philip II seated on curule chairs.
