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brm_473223 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier

SEVERUS ALEXANDER  Denier AU/AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 80.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: fin
Date: 230
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,94 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire présentant un superbe droit de haut relief mais usure superficielle au revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection AJRR

Obverse


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

Reverse


Reverse legend : IOVI CONSER-VATORI.
Reverse description : Jupiter debout de face, nu, regardant à gauche, le manteau déployé derrière lui, tenant un foudre de la main droite et un sceptre de la gauche ; à ses pieds, une figurine d’Alexandre Sévère, vêtu de la toge debout à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Conservatori”, (À Jupiter protecteur).

Commentary


Poids léger. Rubans de type 2. Petit pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule gauche visible des deux côtés.

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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