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brm_565726 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier

SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier MS
MS
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 232
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,76 g.
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type. Très beau buste d’Alexandre Sévère. Revers de toute beauté servi par une patine de médaillier avec des reflets mordorés et bleutés irisés. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
RCV.7922 (75$) - RIC.250 b - BMC/RE.875  - RSC.501 b - C.501 var.

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, drapé sur l'épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Alexander Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur Alexandre pieux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : PROVIDE-NTIA AVG.
Reverse description : Providentia (la Providence) ou Annona (l’Annone) debout à gauche, tenant deux épis de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche ; à ses pieds, à gauche, le modius rempli d'épis.
Reverse translation : “Providentia Augusti”, (La Providence de l'auguste).

Commentary

Poids léger. Rubans de type 1. Grand pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule gauche.

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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