MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
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Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
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Type : Denier
Date: 222
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Antioche
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,33 g.
Rarity : R3
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Jolie patine de collection ancienne. Joli revers
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 : P M TR P - COS P P.
Reverse description : Roma Victrix (Rome) drapée, casquée assise à gauche, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et tenant une haste de la main gauche, un bouclier à ses pieds.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Consul Pater Patriæ", (Grand pontife, revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne, consul, père de la patrie).
Commentary
Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié. Manque aux principaux ouvrages consultés. Semble de la plus grande rareté.
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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