v08_0349 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER 2 assaria (PB, Æ 20)
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
unsold lot
Type : 2 assaria (PB, Æ 20)
Date: c. 222-230
Mint name / Town : Nicomédie, Bithynie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,37 g.
Coments on the condition:
Frappe un peu molle au droit avec un beau portrait juvénile / Revers magnifique avec une patine noire
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé d'Alexandre-Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*01).
Obverse legend : M AUR. SEUH ALEXANDROS AUG.
Obverse translation : (Marc-Aurèle Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Temple octostyle surmonté d'un fronton triangulaire posé sur un degré.
Reverse legend : NIKO-MH-D-EWN// IS NEW.
Reverse translation : (Nicomédie décorée pour la deuxième fois).
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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