E-auction 92-47294 - brm_273152 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
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| Estimate : | 115 € |
| Price : | 45 € |
| Maximum bid : | 47 € |
| End of the sale : | 19 January 2015 15:40:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 222
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 2,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan mince et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait particulier d’Alexandre Sévère. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine grise superficielle
Catalogue references :
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*21).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus", (L’empereur César Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LIBERTAS AVG/ *|-// -.
Reverse description : Libertas (la Liberté) debout à gauche, tenant de la main droite un bonnet (pileus) et un long sceptre de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Libertas Augusti" (La Liberté de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Rubans de type 3. Sur cet exemplaire précoce, le portrait d’Alexandre Sévère fait encore penser à celui d’Élagabal.
Very light weight. Type 3 ribbons. On this early example, the portrait of Alexander Severus is still reminiscent of that of Elagabalus
Very light weight. Type 3 ribbons. On this early example, the portrait of Alexander Severus is still reminiscent of that of Elagabalus
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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