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brm_370217 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 175.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 230
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 32,56 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan exceptionnel ! Monnaie rognée au droit, ayant probablement servie de médaillon. Joli revers idéalement centré et d’un style incroyable ! 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 : VICTORIA . AVGVST-I// S|C.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) debout à droite, le pied gauche posé sur un casque, écrivant VOT/ X sur un bouclier attaché au tronc d’un palmier.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augusti”, (La Victoire de l’auguste).
Commentary
Monnaie étonnante. Le poids, le diamètre et l’aspect font plutôt penser à un médaillon qu’à un sesterce mais pourtant, le SC et le type de revers ne laissent aucun doute !.
Amazing coin. The weight, diameter, and appearance are more reminiscent of a medallion than a sestertius, but the SC and reverse type leave no doubt!
Amazing coin. The weight, diameter, and appearance are more reminiscent of a medallion than a sestertius, but the SC and reverse type leave no doubt!
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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