E-auction 665-692511 - brm_1094220 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 60 € |
| Price : | 32 € |
| Maximum bid : | 33 € |
| End of the sale : | 12 January 2026 14:36:00 |
| bidders : | 12 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 227-229
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 24,22 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais et centré. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP SEV ALE-XANDER AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré d’Alexandre Sévère à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus", (L’empereur Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P VIII - COS III P P/ S|C.
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) casqué, vêtu militairement, debout à gauche, tenant une longue haste de la main droite et le parazonium de la gauche, le pied droit posé sur un casque.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate octavum Consul tertium Pater Patriæ", (Grand pontife revêtu de la huitième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois père de la patrie).
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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