Lot 4860

Description

Otacilia Severa, wife of Philip I, (248-249 A.D.), silver antoninianii, Rome Mint, (4.46 g), obv. Diademed bust to right of Otacilia Severa, draped on a crescent, OTACIL SEVERA AVG around, rev. CONCORDIA AVG around, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and cornucopiae, to left altar (illustrated), (S. 9150, RIC 129 (Philip I), C.16); another, (244-246 A.D.), Rome Mint, (4.98 g), obv. Diademed bust to right of Otacilia Severa, draped on a crescent, MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG around, rev. PVDICITIA AVG around, Pudicitia, veiled standing to left, raising right hand and drawing veil, holding in left hand tranverse sceptre, (S.9159, RIC 123c (Philip I), C.53). Nearly extremely fine or better. (2)

Ex Dr V.J.A. Flynn Collection and previously from Noble Numismatics Sale 107 (lot 3871) and also coming from an old Hungarian collection.