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v45_0454 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Sesterce, (GB, Æ 28)

SEVERUS ALEXANDER Sesterce, (GB, Æ 28) AU
AU
MONNAIES 45 (2010)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 28)
Date: 232
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 19,71 g.
Officine: 5e
Emission: 15e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, bien centré des deux côtés.Très beau portrait avec un petit coup derrière la tête. Revers de toute beauté de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe. Magnifique patine vert profond lissé
Catalogue references :
C.503  - RIC.642 b - BMC/RE.882  - RCV.8014 (425$)

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP ALEXAN-DER PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, drapé sur l'épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Alexander Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur Alexandre pieux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : PROVIDENTIA AVG/ S|C.
Reverse description : Providentia (la Providence) debout à gauche, tenant deux épis de la main droite et une ancre de la main gauche ; à ses pieds, un modius remplis d'épis.
Reverse translation : “Providentia Augusti”, (La Providence de l'empereur).

Commentary

Poids léger. Rubans de type 1. Le pan de paludamentum est visible de chaque côté du cou.

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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