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Live auction - brm_335769 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Sesterce

SEVERUS ALEXANDER  Sesterce XF
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Estimate : 750 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 03 December 2014 15:39:43
Type : Sesterce
Date: 229
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 17,62 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier, néanmoins bien centré. Beau portrait d’Alexandre Sévère. Scène de distribution impériale tout à fait exceptionnelle. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Professeur M. Caselli

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP SEV ALE-XANDER AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, avec pan de paludamentum sur l'épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus", (L’empereur Sévère Alexandre auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : LIBERALITAS AVGVSTI IIII// SC.
Reverse description : Alexandre assis sur une chaise curule à gauche sur une estrade ; derrière lui, le préfet du prétoire ; devant lui, Liberalitas (La Liberalité) debout, tenant une tessère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche ; au bas de l'estrade, un citoyen monte les marches.
Reverse translation : "Liberalitas Augusti quartum" (La quatrième libéralité de l'empereur).

Commentary


Poids très léger. Rubans de type 2. Pan de paludamentum visible de chaque côté du cou. Scène de congiaire au revers . Derrière le Préfet du Prétoire, nous avons une forme longiforme qui ne semble pas pouvoir être un soldat qui accompagne le préfet.

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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