brm_1153810 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: 230
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,25 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 5ème
Coments on the condition:
Superbe monnaie, centrée des deux côtés. Revers finement détaillé. Très beau buste d’Alexandre Sévère. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés et bleutés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP SEV ALE-XAND AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré d'Alexandre Sévère à droite drapé sur l’épaule (O*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus", (L’empereur Sévère Alexandre auguste.
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P VIIII - COS III P P.
Reverse description : Alexandre debout à droite, en habit militaire, tenant une haste transversale de la main droite et un globe de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate nonum Consul tertium Pater Patriæ", (Grand pontife revêtu de la neuvième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois père de la patrie).
Commentary
Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. L’exemplaire signalé dans le Roman Silver Coins III, n° 401a appartient au musée de Bruxelles..
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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