brm_413742 - ORBIANA Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 225
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,98 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire avec une magnifique patine et un superbe mais petit flan ovale
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Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection M.P.
Obverse
Obverse legend : SALL BARBIA - ORBIANA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d’Orbiane à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (L4).
Obverse translation : “Sallustia Barbia Orbiana Augusta”, (Sallustia Barbia Orbiane Augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCORDI-A - AVGG.
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).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Au droit, nous avons les tria nomina de l’augusta, Sallustia Barbia Orbiana qui était d’origine patricienne, fille de Seius Sallustius. Le buste présente une chevelure crantée surmonté du stephané.
Very light weight. On the obverse, we have the tria nomina of the Augusta, Sallustia Barbia Orbiana who was of patrician origin, daughter of Seius Sallustius. The bust has a crimped head of hair topped with the stephane
Very light weight. On the obverse, we have the tria nomina of the Augusta, Sallustia Barbia Orbiana who was of patrician origin, daughter of Seius Sallustius. The bust has a crimped head of hair topped with the stephane
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.
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