Lot 2051

Description

Otacilia Severa, (wife of Philip I), (A.D. 244-249), silver antoninianii, Rome mint, (3.895, 4.26 grams), obv. diademed draped bust to right on crescent, around M OTACIL SEVERA AVG, rev. Concordia seated left, holding double cornucopiae and patera, around CONCORDIA AVGG, (S.2625, RIC 125c, RSC 4) (2), another (3.97 grams), obv. similar, rev. similar with altar before, (S.2627, RIC 129, RSC 16). One with uneven tone, one bright, another very dark tone, all very fine or better. (3)

Ex Dorchester hoard, found at Dorchester, England in 1936, Noble Collection sale Glendinings London, December 11, 1975, (Lot 261 part).