v38_0818 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Antoninien
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Antoninien
Date: 251
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 400 ‰
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,72 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 6e
Emission: 8e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large, ovale, épais et irrégulier. Très beau portrait. Revers de haut relief ayant conservé une partie de son brillant de frappe. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection M. R. de Dijon
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVO ALEXANDRO.
Obverse description : Buste radié d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, drapé sur l'épaule gauche (O2).
Obverse translation : “Divo Alexandro”, (Au divin Alexandre).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSECRATIO.
Reverse description : Une offrande brûlant sur un autel rectangulaire à caissons.
Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).
Commentary
Poids très lourd. Avec trace de paludamentum sur l’épaule. Rubans de type 1. Au revers, l’autel est cloisonné (quatre compartiments). Infime petite concrétion sur le R de ALEXANDRO.
Very heavy weight. With trace of paludamentum on the shoulder. Type 1 ribbons. On the reverse, the altar is partitioned (four compartments). Tiny little concretion on the R of ALEXANDRO
Very heavy weight. With trace of paludamentum on the shoulder. Type 1 ribbons. On the reverse, the altar is partitioned (four compartments). Tiny little concretion on the R of ALEXANDRO
Historical background
SEVERUS ALEXANDER
(05/10/221-03/22/235)
Augustus
Alexander Severus, whose real name is Gessius Bassianus Alexianus, was born in 208 in Caesarea in Phenicia. He is the son of Julia Mamée and Gessius Marcianus, a procurator of Syrian origin. He is also the grandson of Julia Maésa, sister of Julia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, mother of Caracalla and Géta. He was adopted by his cousin Elagabalus on May 10, 221. When the latter was assassinated on March 13, 222, Alexander Severus was chosen to succeed him. He remains under the influence of his mother until the end of her reign. In 225, he married Orbiane who would soon be relegated. From 231, the borders of the Empire are threatened. It was first an expedition against the new Sassanid monarch Ardashir which ended with a truce in 233, the emperor having to go to the Rhine limes which the Germans had crossed. The emperor and his mother were assassinated in 235.
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