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bpv_312373 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Tetrassaria

SEVERUS ALEXANDER Tetrassaria VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Tetrassaria
Date: c. 222-235
Mint name / Town : Samos, Ionie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,61 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait. Belle représentation du revers. Patine vert foncé granuleuse
Catalogue references :
GIC.  - BMC.-  - Lindgren-  - Aulock-  - Cop.-  - CATC.234
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient d’une vente Lanz de novembre 1996

Obverse

Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : K M A(UR) ALE-ZANDROS.
Obverse translation : (César Marc Aurèle Alexandre).

Reverse

Reverse description : Temple tétrastyle avec coupole et fronton triangulaire posé sur deux degrés ; à l’intérieur statue cultuelle d’Héra trônant de face.
Reverse legend : SAM-IWN.
Reverse translation : (de Samos).

Commentary

Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges larges sous le paludamentum.

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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