bpv_493022 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Tetrassaria
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Type : Tetrassaria
Date: c. 222-235
Mint name / Town : Marcianopolis, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,74 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré à l’usure particulière. Tête particulière d’Alexandre Sévère. Joli revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine vert foncé
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Garth R. Drewry et de la vente CNG Eauction 159, n° 128
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Alexandre Sévère à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : AUT K M AUR SEUH ALEXANDROS, (Autokrator Kaisoar Markos Aurhlios Shuhros Alexandros)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre Julia Maesa).
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout de face, les ailes déployées, la tête tournée à gauche, tenant une couronne dans son bec.
Reverse legend : UP 8 GET 8 LIK 8 - MARKIANOPOLITWN, (Upateon Tiberios Ioliou Festou Markianopolitwn)
Reverse translation : (Hypateon Alexandre Julius (Gaetulicus) de Marcianopolis).
Commentary
Variante de buste. Rubans de type 2. Trou de centrage visible de chaque côté.
Bust variant. Type 2 ribbons. Centering hole visible on each side
Bust variant. Type 2 ribbons. Centering hole visible on each side
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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