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brm_335759 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier

SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 222
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,02 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait d’Alexandre Sévère. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine grise superficielle avec des reflets dorés. Conserve son brillant de frappe et son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
RIC.301  - C.559 (3f.) - BMC/RE.1038
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Hubert Lanz en 2010 et de la collection du Professeur M. Caselli

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*21).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus", (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : VICTOR-IA AVG/ -|*.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) courant à droite, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Victoria Augusti", (La Victoire de l'auguste).

Commentary

Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum.

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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