bpv_608353 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Diassaria
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Type : Diassaria
Date: c. 222-235
Mint name / Town : Cotiaeum, Phrygie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,73 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait d’Alexandre Sévère. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine verte
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Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : AUT ALEX-ANDROS
Obverse translation : (L’empereur Alexandre).
Reverse
Reverse description : Athéna casquée, vêtue du chiton long, tenant de la main droite tendue une phiale, sacrifiant au-dessus d’un autel allumé et de la main droite un bouclier et une javeline.
Reverse legend : KO[TI]A-E[WN]
Reverse translation : (Cotiaeum).
Commentary
Ce type est difficile à identifier. Au revers plusieurs lettres ne sont pas visibles et d’autres villes pourraient correspondre à l’épigraphie dont Conana en Pisidie.
This guy is hard to identify. On the reverse several letters are not visible and other cities could correspond to the epigraphy including Conana in Pisidia
This guy is hard to identify. On the reverse several letters are not visible and other cities could correspond to the epigraphy including Conana in Pisidia
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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