brm_1000538 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER As
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Type : As
Date: 227
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,31 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli buste, quasi TTB+. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES M AVR SEV - ALEXANDER AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P VI - COS II P P/ S|C.
Reverse description : Sévère Alexandre lauré et drapé, debout à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite au-dessus d’un autel allumé.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate sextum Consul iterum Pater Patriæ”, (Grand pontife, revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne pour la sixième fois, consul deux fois, père de la patrie).
Commentary
Revers frappé pour toutes les dénominations d’or, d’argent et de bronze, sauf en quinaire.
Reverse struck for all denominations of gold, silver and bronze, except in quinary
Reverse struck for all denominations of gold, silver and bronze, except in quinary
Historical background
SEVERUS ALEXANDER
(05/10/221-03/22/235)
Augustus
Alexander Severus, whose real name is Gessius Bassianus Alexianus, was born in 208 in Caesarea in Phenicia. He is the son of Julia Mamée and Gessius Marcianus, a procurator of Syrian origin. He is also the grandson of Julia Maésa, sister of Julia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, mother of Caracalla and Géta. He was adopted by his cousin Elagabalus on May 10, 221. When the latter was assassinated on March 13, 222, Alexander Severus was chosen to succeed him. He remains under the influence of his mother until the end of her reign. In 225, he married Orbiane who would soon be relegated. From 231, the borders of the Empire are threatened. It was first an expedition against the new Sassanid monarch Ardashir which ended with a truce in 233, the emperor having to go to the Rhine limes which the Germans had crossed. The emperor and his mother were assassinated in 235.
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