Roman Empress Otacilia Severa Silver Antoninianus (Struck AD 247)☆Juno the Prot.

Denomination: Antoninianus

Historical Period: Roman: Imperial (27 BC-476 AD)

Cleaned/Uncleaned: Uncleaned

Composition: Silver

Provenance: Ownership History Not Available

Year: 247 AD

Era: Ancient

Fineness: 0.9

KM Number: 90

Ruler: Philip I

Country of Origin: Italy

An exceptional, museum-quality silver Antoninianus struck under the Roman Empress Marcia Otacilia Severa, wife of Emperor Philip I. Elevated to Augusta in AD 244, Otacilia Severa was a prominent figure of the turbulent 3rd-century "Crisis of the Empire." Christian tradition even hints that she and her husband may have been Rome’s very first secret Christian imperial couple.