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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 75.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 75.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 230
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 19,94 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré. Usure importante mais la monnaie reste lisible et identifiable. Patine marron. A été nettoyé
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”.
Reverse
Reverse legend : IVSTITIA - A-VGVSTI// SC.
Reverse description : Justitia (La Justice) assise à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et un sceptre de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Iustitia Augusti”, (La Justice de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Rubans de type 1. Le seul exemplaire que nous ayons proposé de ce type rare provient de ROME IV, n° 114.
Very light weight. Type 1 ribbons. The only example we have offered of this rare type comes from ROME IV, No. 114
Very light weight. Type 1 ribbons. The only example we have offered of this rare type comes from ROME IV, No. 114
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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