brm_547902 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
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Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 231
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,43 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais et bien centré. Très joli revers, finement détaillé. Beau portrait, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP ALEXAN-DER PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré 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 : FIDES - M-IL-ITVM.
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité) drapée debout à gauche, la tête tournée à droite; tenant un vexillum de la main droite et une enseigne militaire transversale de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Fides Militum”, (La Fidélité des soldats).
Commentary
Dans ROME IV consacré au monnayage d’Alexandre Sévère, nous n’avions pas proposé ce type. Portrait particulier. Rubans de type 1.
In ROME IV, dedicated to the coinage of Alexander Severus, we did not propose this type. Particular portrait. Type 1 ribbons
In ROME IV, dedicated to the coinage of Alexander Severus, we did not propose this type. Particular portrait. Type 1 ribbons
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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