Ancient Roman Provincial - Alexandria c 245 Otacilia & Eagle -  tetradrachm

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Ancient Roman Provincial - Alexandria c 245 Otacilia & Eagle -  tetradrachm
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Item Description
Year 3 (c 245-246 CE)  tetradrachm
Roman Empire
Alexandria, Egypt
Empress Otacilia Severa
obv: diademed draped bust right;  M ΩT CEOVHΡA CE M CTΡA
rev: eagle standing left, head right, wreath in its beak; L-Γ
EF
billon 12.07g 23mm Edge: plain
Köln 2763, Dattari 5009, Curtis 1378, Emmett 3546,
Alexandria Milne 3636
Marcia Otacilia Severa was the wife of Emperor Marcus Julius Philippus (“Philip I”or "Philip the Arab”) This royal couple is considered by some the first Christian Imperial rulers due to their efforts to minimize or avoid persecution of Christians. Otacilia was a devoted wife and mother, bearing three children: Philip II, Julia Severina, and Quintus Philippus Severus. Sadly, upon the death of her husband in battle with usurper Trajan Decius circa 249 the Praetorian Guard in Rome purportedly killed her son Marcus Julius Philippus Severus (“Philip II”), who was only 12 years old at the time. This was to eliminate him as a claimant to the throne and ensure Trajan Decius’ position as the new emperor. Otacilia survived and purportedly fled to Aliya Shamsan, the birthplace of her husband where she lived peacefully, no longer involved in Roman politics.
The L-Γ in the field around the eagle is the date of issue. “L” is an abbreviation for year and Γ (gamma) is the third letter in the Greek alphabet. This denotes regnal year 3 of Philip I which overlapped the years 245 and 246 CE
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This scarce, high relief, Alexandria issue of Otacilia is in especially nice condition for coins of this type. A great find.
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_gsrx_vers_1436 (GS 9.0.5 (1436))