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brm_371137 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier

SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier AU/AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 231
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,80 g.
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan extrêmement large, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Très beau portrait. Revers inhabituel de frappe un peu molle. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
ROME4/141  - RIC.220 b - C.579 (3 f.) - BMC/RE.709

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP SEV ALE-XAND 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 : VIRTVS AVG.
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) en habit militaire debout à gauche, la main gauche posée sur un bouclier, tenant une Victoriola dans la main droite ; une haste repose sur son bras gauche.
Reverse translation : "Virtus Augusti" (La Virilité de l'empereur).

Commentary

Poids léger. 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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