brm_335729 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER As
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : As
Date: 230
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,58 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Portrait particulier avec l’égide à l’usure régulière. Revers inhabituel. Patine vert foncé
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Professeur M. Caselli
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP SEV ALE-XANDER AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, avec l’égide sur l'épaule gauche (O*4).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus", (L’empereur Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA AVGVSTI// S|C.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) debout à droite, le pied gauche posé sur un casque, écrivant VOT/ X sur un bouclier attaché au tronc d’un palmier.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augusti”, (La Victoire de l’auguste).
Commentary
Rubans de type 1 aux extrémités bouletées. Ce type semble complètement inédit et non répertorié avec l’égide sur l’épaule au lieu du pan de paludamentum. la représentation de l’égide est exceptionnelle pour le règne d’Alexandre Sévère.
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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