v32_0340 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER As, (MB, Æ 26)
MONNAIES 32 (2007)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 260.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 260.00 €
Type : As, (MB, Æ 26)
Date: 227
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 12,09 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 7e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan légèrement irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Joli revers. Belle patine vert olive foncé, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de ROME IV, n° 64
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES M AVR SEV - ALEXANDER AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus", (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P - VI COS II P P// S|C.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) courant à gauche, tenant une branche d'olivier de la main droite et un sceptre de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate sextum Consul iterum Pater Patriæ", (Grand pontife revêtu de la sixième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la deuxième fois père de la patrie).
Commentary
Poids lourd, frappé sur un flan de dupondius. À partir des Sévères, les monnaies divisionnaires de bronze deviennent plus rares .
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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