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brm_540495 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier

SEVERUS ALEXANDER  Denier XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 65.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 225
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,85 g.
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et ovale. Très beau portrait et joli revers. Patine grise aux reflets dorés
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*21).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus".

Reverse


Reverse legend : P M TR P - IIII COS P P.
Reverse description : Mars nu et casqué marchant à droite, le manteau flottant, portant un trophée posé sur son épaule gauche et tenant une haste tranversale de la main droite.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestas quartus Consul Pater Patriae".

Commentary


Poids léger.

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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