brm_335878 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 120.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 227
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 33,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 26,55 g.
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais, ovale et bien centré. Joli portrait d’Alexandre Sévère à l’usure régulière. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Professeur M. Caselli
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 Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus".
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P VI COS II P P// S|C.
Reverse description : Aequitas (L'Equité) debout de face, tête tournée à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d'abondance dans le bras gauche.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestas sextum Consul iterum Pater Patriae".
Commentary
Poids lourd. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum.
Heavy weights. Type 3 ribbons. Fine pterygia under the paludamentum
Heavy weights. Type 3 ribbons. Fine pterygia under the 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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