Watch List notes:

DACIA. Otacilia Severa, Augusta, 244-249. 'Sestertius' (Bronze, 27 mm, 14.23 g, 7 h), Year 2 = 247/8. MARCIA OTACILIA SEVERA AVG Draped bust of Otacilia Severa to right. Rev. PROVINCIA DACIA / AN•II Dacia, wearing Dacian cap, standing front, head to left, holding falcata in her right hand and two vexilla inscribed V and XIII; to left and right, eagle and lion. AMNG I, 1, 20. RPC VIII online ID 2227. Somewhat smoothed, otherwise, very fine.


The reverse alludes to the Legio V Philippianae Macedonica Pia Fidelis, whose coat of arms was an eagle, and the Legio XIII Gemina, which carried the lion as its emblem.