brm_335741 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 175.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 222
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,96 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, légèrement décentré au droit sur la légende. Très beau portrait particulier . Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Professeur M. Caselli
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FIDES MILITVM.
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité) debout de face, regardant à droite, tenant une enseigne dans chaque main.
Reverse translation : “Fides Militum”, (La Fidélité des soldats).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. Portrait très particulier du début du règne caractéristique de l’atelier d’Antioche. Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés.
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons. A very unusual portrait from the beginning of the reign, characteristic of the Antioch workshop. Appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted. Missing from all consulted works.
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons. A very unusual portrait from the beginning of the reign, characteristic of the Antioch workshop. Appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted. Missing from all consulted works.
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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