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Coin with a Hippopotamus and Portrait of Otacilia Severa

Description Provenance Credit

Description This coin shows Otacilia Severa on the front and a hippopotamus on the reverse.

Provenance Münsen and Medaillen, Basel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1972, by purchase.

Credit Museum purchase, 1972

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Creator

Roman (Metalworker)

Period

244-249

Medium

silver
(Coins & Medals)

Accession Number

59.751

Measurements

1 in. (2.5 cm)

Geographies

Rome, Italy (?) (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Charles Street: Second Floor: Collector’s Study

Tags

coin otacilia severa roman rome silver copper based ugly galba

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