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brm_566937 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier

SEVERUS ALEXANDER  Denier MS
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Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 160.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 228
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,26 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré au droit, légèrement décentré au revers. Très beau buste, finement détaillé. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

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 : P M TR P VII - COS II P P.
Reverse description : Mars casqué vêtu militairement, debout de face, regardant à droite, tenant une haste renversée dans la main droite et s'appuyant de la main gauche sur un bouclier.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate septimum Consul iterum Pater Patriæ", (Grand pontife revêtu de la septième puissance tribunitienne consul pour le deuxième consulat père de la patrie).

Commentary


Rubans de type 1.

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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