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ID number: BIRBI-R1701 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Otacilia Severa; Philip I; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 244-249 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.30 Weight (g): 24.58 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 2030. Ex Levis Collection, A. H. Baldwin, 1942. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Otacilia Severa, wearing a diadem, draped, facing r. Reverse: Pudicitia, draped and veiled, seated facing l., r. drawing veil and holding sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ΠΠARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG (Marcia Otacilia Severa Augusta). Reverse: PVDICITIA AŲG (Modesty of the Empress) In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 209 (Philip I)
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