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brm_335733 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier

SEVERUS ALEXANDER  Denier MS
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 229
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,92 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale bien centré avec les grènetis visibles. Portrait de toute beauté. Revers finement détaillé de frappe un peu molle sur la légende. Magnifique patine de médaillier avec des reflets mordorés. Conserve l’intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Professeur M. Caselli

Obverse


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

Reverse


Reverse legend : ABVNDAN-TIA AVG.
Reverse description : Abundantia (L'Abondance) debout à droite, tenant une corne d'abondance de ses deux mains et la vidant.
Reverse translation : "Abundantia Augusti", (L'Abondance conférée par l'empereur).

Commentary


Poids léger. Rubans de type 2. Cou très large, mais absence de pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule. La tête laurée seule semble beaucoup plus rare.

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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