brm_331869 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 228
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 22,59 g.
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait d’Alexandre Sévère. Revers à l’usure régulière. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP SEV ALE-XANDER 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 Augustus", (L’empereur Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - AVGVSTI// S|C.
Reverse description : Alexandre lauré, en habit militaire, marchant à droite, sous les traits de Romulus, portant un trophée sur l'épaule gauche et tenant une haste de la main droite.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augusti”, (La Virilité de l'empereur).
Commentary
Poids léger. Le pan de paludamentum est aussi visible derrière la tête.
Lightweight. The paludamentum flap is also visible behind the head
Lightweight. The paludamentum flap is also visible behind the head
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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