Live auction - brm_622971 - ALEXANDER Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 4 000 € |
| Price : | 2 000 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 100 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 December 2020 15:30:41 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 308-310
Mint name / Town : Carthage
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,79 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire complet des deux côtés et dans un état de conservation agréable. Joli revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Lanz, 18 mai 2004, n° 579
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP ALEXANDER P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Alexandre à droite (O*).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI// PK.
Reverse description : Aigle légionnaire entre deux enseignes militaires.
Commentary
Cet exemplaire est illustré dans l’ouvrage de Guillaume Malingue, The coinage of Domitius Alexander (308-310), p. 130-131, n° 12a#1.
Historical background
ALEXANDER
(June 308 - late 310, early 311)
Alexander was appointed governor of the diocese of Africa by Maximian Hercules from 303. When Maxentius revolted against Severus II and seized Rome on October 28, 306, Alexander joined him. However, relations between the two men soon soured and, perhaps pushed by Constantine or Maximian Hercules himself, Alexander put on the purple in the spring of 308, cutting Maxentius off from the breadbasket that is Africa. Maxentius sends Rufus Volusianus to recover this province so important for the life of Rome. Finally, after a long and difficult campaign, Alexander, defeated, commits suicide and the reprisals in Africa are terrible..
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