bpv_305311 - SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
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Price : 330.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
Date: 205-211
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 24,50 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 12,11 g.
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire est le 0200_028 de la base TSP, il provient de la vente Auctiones de 1989, n° 968 et il illustre le type dans le Prieur
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Septime Sévère à droite, l’un des rubans de la couronne de laurier passant sur l’épaule.
Obverse legend : . AUT . KAI . SEOUHROS SE . B
Obverse translation : (L'empereur césar Sévère auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle à gauche, ailes écartées, tête et queue à droite, tenant un cuissot d’animal sacrificiel dans ses serres, la souris à gauche, avec une couronne de lauriers dans son bec.
Reverse legend : DHMARC EX UPATO . G .
Reverse translation : (Tribun du Peuple, Consul pour la troisième fois).
Commentary
Le second groupe se caractérise par des aigles avec la couronne dans le bec et des frappes importantes. Ce groupe a une bonne cohérence interne et la distinction avec les graveurs du groupe 1 est facile à faire.
On note que les sigma sont gravés en C.
Dans la base TSP maintenue par Michel Prieur, quatre-vingt exemplaires sont maintenant répertoriés et on en trouve dans les musées suivants : Paris(4), ANS, British Museum (2), Berne, Oxford et Jérusalem.
The second group is characterized by eagles with the crown in the beak and significant strikes. This group has good internal consistency and the distinction with the engravers of group 1 is easy to make. We note that the sigmas are engraved in C. In the TSP database maintained by Michel Prieur, eighty examples are now listed and can be found in the following museums: Paris(4), ANS, British Museum (2), Bern, Oxford and Jerusalem
On note que les sigma sont gravés en C.
Dans la base TSP maintenue par Michel Prieur, quatre-vingt exemplaires sont maintenant répertoriés et on en trouve dans les musées suivants : Paris(4), ANS, British Museum (2), Berne, Oxford et Jérusalem.
The second group is characterized by eagles with the crown in the beak and significant strikes. This group has good internal consistency and the distinction with the engravers of group 1 is easy to make. We note that the sigmas are engraved in C. In the TSP database maintained by Michel Prieur, eighty examples are now listed and can be found in the following museums: Paris(4), ANS, British Museum (2), Bern, Oxford and Jerusalem
Historical background
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
(13/04/193-4/02/211)
Septimius Severus was born in 146 in Leptis Magna in Africa (Libya). After a brilliant military career under the reigns of Marc Aurèle and Commodus, he was consul suffect in 185. At the time of Pertinax's death, he was governor of Upper Pannonia. Acclaimed emperor on April 13, 193, he quickly eliminated Dide Julien, his compatriot (June 28), and associated Albin with power as Caesar before fighting Pescennius Niger in the East. In 195, he fictitiously entered the Antonine family by being adopted post-mortem. He defeats and executes Niger and leads a brilliant campaign in Arabia. In 197, he got rid of his last adversary, Albin, who proclaimed himself august. Severus prepares the establishment of his dynasty by giving the title of Augusta to Julia, his wife, in 194, of Caesar to Caracalla, in 196, then of Augustus in 198 when Geta, his second son, becomes Caesar. Sévère will spend fifteen years consolidating the borders of the Empire by winning numerous victories over the Parthians (197-198), then in Africa (207) and, finally in Brittany (208-211), where he died..
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