brm_335260 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 300.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 300.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 233
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 20,77 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale et irrégulier, à l’usure régulière. Joli revers rare. Patine marron/verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP SEV ALEXAN-DER PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, avec pan de paludamentum sur l'épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Severus Alexander Pius Augustus", (L’empereur Sévère Alexandre pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LIBERALITAS AVGVSTI V// SC.
Reverse description : Alexandre assis sur une chaise curule à gauche sur une estrade ; derrière lui, le préfet du prétoire et un soldat tenant une haste ; devant lui, Liberalitas (La Liberalité) debout, tenant une tessère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche ; au bas de l'estrade, un citoyen monte les marches.
Reverse translation : "Liberalitas Augusti quintum" (La cinquième libéralité de l'empereur).
Commentary
Poids léger.
Lightweight
Lightweight
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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