brm_339189 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 225.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 225.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 232
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,25 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan idéalement bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Extraordinaire portrait juvénile d’Alexandre Sévère. Revers de toute beauté, parfaitement venu à la frappe. Patine grise aux reflets métalliques dorés
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP ALEXAN-DER PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Alexander Pius Augustus", (L’empereur Alexandre pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MARS - VLTOR.
Reverse description : Mars casqué et vêtu militairement debout à gauche, le manteau sur l’épaule, tenant une haste verticale de la main gauche et un bouclier de la droite ; devant lui, une enseigne (signa).
Reverse translation : “Mars Ultor”, (Mars vengeur).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges à peine visibles sous le paludamentum. Buste tout à fait exceptionnel. Revers exceptionnel. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la deuxième fois que nous le proposons à la vente.
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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