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brm_421049 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER As

SEVERUS ALEXANDER As XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : As
Date: 229
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,54 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire parfaitement centré sur un flan ovale. Joli revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
C.379 (12f.) - RIC.498 b - BMC/RE.582  - RCV.8080 (450$)

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP SEV ALE-XANDER AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, drapé sur l'épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus", (L’empereur Sévère Alexandre auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : P M TR P VIII COS III P P// SC.
Reverse description : Alexandre dans un quadrige au pas à droite, tenant les rênes des chevaux de la main droite et un sceptre surmonté d'un aigle de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate octavum Consul tertium Pater Patriæ", (Grand pontife revêtu de la huitième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois père de la patrie).

Commentary

Rubans de type 1. Revers inhabituel.

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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