brm_323414 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 85.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 85.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 231
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 20,19 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan court bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait d’Alexandre Sévère. Joli revers. Patine marron
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Exemplaire provenant de la collection Michel Galleazzi
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP SEV ALE-XANDER AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée 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 : IOVI CONSER-VATORI// S|C.
Reverse description : Jupiter debout de face, nu, regardant à gauche, le manteau déployé derrière lui, tenant un foudre de la main droite et un sceptre de la gauche ; à ses pieds, une figurine de Sévère Alexandre.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Conservatori”, (À Jupiter le sauveur).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 1. Grand pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule gauche, visible des deux côtés. Sur cet exemplaire, Alexandre Sévère est petit placé sous la protection de Jupiter.
Lightweight. Type 1 ribbons. Large panel of paludamentum on the left shoulder, visible from both sides. In this example, Alexander Severus is small, placed under the protection of Jupiter.
Lightweight. Type 1 ribbons. Large panel of paludamentum on the left shoulder, visible from both sides. In this example, Alexander Severus is small, placed under the protection of Jupiter.
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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