bpv_365563 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Pentassaria
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Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : Pentassaria
Date: an 7
Mint name / Town : Césarée, Cappadoce
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,94 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et épais bien centré. Beau portrait. Patine superficielle
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection R. Chevallier (1922-2015)
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé d’Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : AU K SEOUH ALEXAND, (Autokrator Kaisar Seouhros Alexandros)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Sévère Alexandre).
Reverse
Reverse description : Agalma du mont Argée.
Reverse legend : MHTRO KAISAR/ ET-Z, (Mhtropolitwn Kaisarias)
Reverse translation : (de la ville de Césarée/ an 7).
Commentary
Égide posée sur la cuirasse lisse avec la tête de Méduse. Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de la collection von Aulock, n° 6511, pl. 222. Contremarque d’une petite tête de Sol dans un cercle linéaire. Il pourrait s’agir du Génie d’Argaei (GIC., p. 106). Semble inédit et non répertorié .
Aegis placed on the smooth breastplate with the head of Medusa. Same obverse die as the copy in the von Aulock collection, no. 6511, pl. 222. Countermark of a small head of G in a linear circle. It could be the Genius of Argaei (GIC., p. 106). Appears unpublished and unlisted
Aegis placed on the smooth breastplate with the head of Medusa. Same obverse die as the copy in the von Aulock collection, no. 6511, pl. 222. Countermark of a small head of G in a linear circle. It could be the Genius of Argaei (GIC., p. 106). Appears unpublished and unlisted
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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