Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 2 Lot: 423

ROMAN EMPIRE. Otacilia Severa (wife of Philip I). Silver 
antoninianus (4.40 gm). Eastern mint, AD 244. MARCIA 

OTAC-ILIA SEVERA AVG, draped bust right on crescent, 
wearing stephane / 
CONCORDIA AVGVSTI, Philip I and Otacilia clasping hands: Philip 
standing right, laureate, togate, holding roll in left hand; 
Otacilia standing left, draped and veiled, holding slanting 
sceptre in left hand. 
Cf. P. Crinon, BSFN September 1993, pp. 615-617 (same reverse die, 
but abbreviated obverse legend). Unpublished variant. Unique: 
only the second recorded coin with this reverse type, and the 
first with this type and the long obverse legend (first issue). Extremely fine 

This eastern mint used a long form of the obverse legend for its 
initial issue, then replaced it with MARC OTACI SEVERA AVG. This
coin is only the second recorded antoninianus with the long form 
of the legend (the other has the reverse type PIETAS AVG N). 
Philip II is not represented in the mint's inaugural issue, 
indicating that it was struck before he was proclaimed Caesar, 
thus between March 244 and July 244. 
Estimated Value: $ 3,500 

...Sold for $3,000 USD  2280 EUR, 1590 GBP ] 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 
Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).