Otacilia Severa. Antoninianus; Otacilia Severa; Rome, 244 AD, Antoninianus, 3.70g. RIC-120b (R ), C-30. Obv: MARCIA OTACIL - SEVERA AVG Bust draped r., wearing diadem and on crescent. Rx: PIETAS AVG Pietas standing l. raising r. hand and holding incense box in l. From the Philip Ashton Collection, acquired in March 1998. Rare early type: only six specimens in Dorchester hoard.Even though this coin has miniscule porosity, the portrait is struck in unusually high relief on an immense, broad flan . EF
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