brm_229338 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: 227
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,63 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Revers de joli style, de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine grise avec des reflets dorés
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M AVR SEV - ALEXAND AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*21).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus”, (L’empereur César Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P VI - COS II P P.
Reverse description : Alexandre debout à gauche, vêtu de la toge, tenant un volumen de la main gauche et une patère de la droite, sacrifiant au-dessus d'un trépied allumé.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate sextum Consul iterum Pater Patriæ”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la sixième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la deuxième fois père de la patrie).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Rubans de type 3. Le revers reprend l’iconographie mise en place dès la quatrième émission en 224 et va rester en place jusqu’à la onzième émission en 230.
Very light weight. Type 3 ribbons. The reverse takes up the iconography put in place from the fourth issue in 224 and will remain in place until the eleventh issue in 230
Very light weight. Type 3 ribbons. The reverse takes up the iconography put in place from the fourth issue in 224 and will remain in place until the eleventh issue in 230
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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