E-auction 256-179048 - bpv_408103 - ELAGABALUS and JULIA MAESA Pentassaria
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| Estimate : | 175 € |
| Price : | 68 € |
| Maximum bid : | 121 € |
| End of the sale : | 12 March 2018 14:50:30 |
| bidders : | 10 bidders |
Type : Pentassaria
Date: c. 218-220
Mint name / Town : Marcianopolis, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 15,64 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large bien centré des deux côtés. Très beaux portraits au droit. Frappe un peu molle au droit. Patine marron foncé légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Bustes affrontés d’Élagabal et de Julia Maésa ; Élagabal est tête laurée à droite et Julia Maésa est diadémée et drapée à gauche, vue de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse legend : AUT K M AURH. ANTWNEINOS AUG IOULIA MAISA ., (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Aurhlios Antonninos Augustos Ioulia Maisa)
Obverse translation : (L'empereur césar Marc Aurèle Antonin auguste et Julia Maésa).
Reverse
Reverse description : Athéna casquée et drapée debout à gauche, tenant une phiale de la main droite tendue et un sceptre de la main gauche ; un bouclier à ses pieds.
Reverse legend : UP SERG TITANOU MARKIANOPOLIT(WN)/ E|-, (Upateon Ioliou Seleukou Markianopolitwn)
Reverse translation : (Hypateon Sergius Titianus de Marcianopolis).
Commentary
Poids très lourd. Trou de centrage de chaque côté.
Historical background
ELAGABALUS and JULIA MAESA
(218-222)
Elagabalus is the son of Julia Soemias and Sextus Varius Marcellus. He is above all the grandson of Julia Maésa who favored his accession to the throne. Julia Maesa was the sister of Julia Domna and the wife of Julius Avitus. She is therefore the sister-in-law of Septimius Severus. During the reign of Elagabalus, it is she who holds the reality of power. She will not hesitate to sacrifice her daughter and her grandson in order to retain power within her daughter by raising her last grandson Alexandre Sévère, first to the caesarat, then to the august..
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