v34_0629 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 222
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,97 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, ovale et irrégulier. Beau portrait inaugural d’Alexandre. Joli revers inhabituel. Patine de collection avec des reflets dorés
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND 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 auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P - COS P P.
Reverse description : Libertas (La Liberté) debout à gauche, tenant un bonnet (pileus) de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Consul Pater Patriæ", (Grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul père de la patrie).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. C’est la deuxième fois que nous proposons ce type de denier depuis ROME IV (1997).
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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