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v43_0507 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Sesterce, (GB, Æ 33)

SEVERUS ALEXANDER Sesterce, (GB, Æ 33) XF
XF
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 33)
Date: 223
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 25,66 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais, large et irrégulier. Très beau portrait. Faiblesse de frappe en fin de légende de droit. Joli revers inhabituel. Jolie patine vert olive et sable, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
C.461  - BMC/RE.112 note - RIC.404 c - MRK.-  - RCV.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus", (l’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : PONTIF MAX TR P II COS P P/ S|C.
Reverse description : Providentia (la Providence) debout à gauche, appuyée sur une colonne, les jambes croisées, tenant une baguette de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche ; à ses pieds, un globe.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate iterum Consul Pater Patriæ", (Grand pontife revêtu de la deuxième puissance tribunitienne consul père de la patrie).

Commentary

Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges fines visibles sous le 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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