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brm_543896 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Sesterce

SEVERUS ALEXANDER  Sesterce XF/VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 231
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 20,92 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et bien centré. Joli buste, bien venu à la frappe. Revers quasi TTB à l’usure régulière. Patine vert foncé
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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 : 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, Alexandre Sévère debout à gauche, vêtu de la toge, tenant la mappa.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Conservatori”, (À Jupiter le sauveur).

Commentary


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.

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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