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brm_514556 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Sesterce

SEVERUS ALEXANDER Sesterce AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 234
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 21,81 g.
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait large d’Alexandre Sévère. Revers de haut relief, finement détaillé. Belle patine vert olive
Catalogue references :
C.503  - RIC.642  - BMC/RE.882  - RCV.8014 (425$)
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Elsen 111, du 10 décembre 2011, n° 328 et de la collection du Docteur S

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP ALEXAN-DER PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré d'Alexandre Sévère à droite drapé sur l'épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Alexander Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur Alexandre pieux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : PROVIDE-NTIA AVG// S|C.
Reverse description : Providentia/Annona (la Providence) debout à gauche, tenant deux épis de la main droite et une ancre de la main gauche ; à ses pieds, un modius remplis d'épis.
Reverse translation : “Providentia Augusti”, (La Providence de l'empereur).

Commentary

Rubans de type 1. Pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule gauche, visible de chaque côté du cou.

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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