brm_291992 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 75.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 232
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,78 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait. Frappe molle au revers. Patine gris foncé, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP ALEXAN-DER PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*01).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Alexander Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur Alexandre pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P - X-I - COS III P P.
Reverse description : Sol (le Soleil) radié, nu, debout à gauche, le manteau sur les épaules, levant la main droite et tenant un globe de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate undecimum Consul tertium Pater Patriæ”, (Grand pontife, revêtu de la onzième puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la troisième fois, père de la patrie).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. Sur cet exemplaire, il n’y a pas de ptéryges sous le paludamentum.
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons. In this specimen, there are no pteryges under the paludamentum.
Lightweight. Type 3 ribbons. In this specimen, there are no pteryges under the paludamentum.
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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