brm_827808 - ORBIANA As

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Type : As

Date: 225

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 26,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 11,23 g.

Rarity : R2

Officine: 6e

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée à l’usure importante mais régulière. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

C.5 (15f.) - RIC.656 - BMC/RE.297 - MRK.- - RCV.8195 (1100$)

Obverse

Obverse legend : SALL BARBIA - ORBIANA AVG.

Obverse description : Buste drapé et diadémé d’Orbiane à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (L4).

Obverse translation : "Sallustia Barbia Orbiana Augusta", (Sallustia Barbia Orbiane Augusta).

Reverse

Reverse legend : CONCORDIA - AVGVSTORVM// SC.

Reverse description : Concordia (la Concorde) assise à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une double corne d'abondance de la gauche.

Reverse translation : "Concordia Augustorum", (La Concorde des augustes).

Historical background

ORBIANA

(225)

Wife of Severus Alexander

Little information is available on Empress Orbiane. She married Alexander Severus in 225 but, having displeased the august's mother, she would eventually be banished to Africa. It is interesting to note the doubling of the G of CONCORDIA AVGG on certain reverse legends. Such a doubling would seem to indicate that Orbiane received important powers, likely to justify the jealousy of Julia Mamée.

brm_827808 - ORBIANA As

Obverse

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Historical background

ORBIANA

(225)

Wife of Severus Alexander

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