Otacilia Severa, Augusta, 244-249. Antoninianus (Silver, 21 mm, 3.36 g, 12 h), Rome, 248. OTACIL SEVERA AVG Diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa set to right on crescent. Rev. SAECVLARES AVGG / IIII Hippopotamus walking right. Cohen 63. RIC 116b. Beautiful light golden toning. Slightly rough, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the Rev. Dr. Stephen Knapp Collection of Roman Empresses, ex Leu Web Auction 4, 24 June 2018, 932 and previously from an old Swiss collection, acquired in the 1980s from Leu.