Otacilia Severa
Rome 244-249 CE
AR Antoninianus 23mm, 4,40g
Obverse: Draped bust right, wearing stephane and set upon crescent; Reverse: Concordia seated left on throne, holding patera and double cornucopiae.
RIC-125C (Philip I); RSC-4
234 CE
Otacilia Severa marries Philip I.
244 CE
February
February
Gordian III dies under unclear circumstances, either in battle against the Sasanians or assassinated by mutinous troops. His death occurs near the city of Zaitha (modern Iraq), and Philip the Arab succeeds him as emperor and Otacilia Severa becomes Empress.
249 CE
Philip II is killed in the arms of his mother, Otacilia Severa.