v55_0191 - ORBIANA Sesterce, (GB, Æ 30)
MONNAIES 55 (2012)
Starting price : 650.00 €
Estimate : 1 100.00 €
Realised price : 650.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 855.00 €
Starting price : 650.00 €
Estimate : 1 100.00 €
Realised price : 650.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 855.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 30)
Date: 225
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 18,99 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 6e
Emission: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan légèrement ovale et irrégulier. Beau portrait d’Orbiane à la chevelure élaborée. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine verte superficielle
Catalogue references :
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 AVGVS-TORVM// -|-// SC.
Reverse description : Concordia (la Concorde) drapée assise à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une double corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : "Concordia Augustorum", (La Concorde des augustes).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Le prix en francs or au XIXe siècle représentait celui d’un aureus. Césure de légende de revers inhabituelle.
Very light weight. The price in gold francs in the 19th century represented that of an aureus. Unusual reverse legend caesura
Very light weight. The price in gold francs in the 19th century represented that of an aureus. Unusual reverse legend caesura
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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