bpv_215286 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Diassaria
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Type : Diassaria
Date: 223-226
Mint name / Town : Nicée, Bithynie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,03 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et bien centré des deux côtés. Usure régulière. Patine vert noir
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*21).
Obverse legend : M AUR SEU ALECANDROS AU, (Markos Aurhlios Seouhros Alexandros Augoustos)
Obverse translation : (Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Trois enseignes militaires, “signa”, surmontées chacune d’une couronne.
Reverse legend : N-IK-AI-E//wN, (Nikaiewn)
Reverse translation : (Nicée).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum.
Heavy weights. Type 3 ribbons. Invisible pteryga under the paludamentum
Heavy weights. Type 3 ribbons. Invisible pteryga 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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