v32_0330 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
MONNAIES 32 (2007)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 265.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 275.00 €
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 265.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 275.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 222
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,05 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: ém. spéciale
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait inhabituel du nouvel auguste. Petite faiblesse de frappe au centre du revers sur la Libéralité. Jolie patine grise avec des reflets mordorés
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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 Aexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LIBERA-LITAS AVG.
Reverse description : Liberalitas (la Libéralité) drapée debout à gauche, tenant une tessère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : "Liberalitas Augusti" (La Libéralité de l’auguste).
Commentary
Trace de frappe incuse au revers à peine visible. Monnaie inaugurale du règne d’Alexandre Sévère. En douze ans, nous n’avons proposé ce type de denier qu’une seule fois, dans ROME IV en 1999.
Barely visible incuse strike mark on the reverse. Inaugural coin of the reign of Alexander Severus. In twelve years, we have only offered this type of denarius once, in ROME IV in 1999.
Barely visible incuse strike mark on the reverse. Inaugural coin of the reign of Alexander Severus. In twelve years, we have only offered this type of denarius once, in ROME IV in 1999.
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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