bpv_243972 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER As
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Type : As
Date: c. 222-235
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Pisidie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 10,86 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure importante, mais lisible et identifiable. Joli revers. Belle patine vert olive foncé et sable, légèrement granuleuse
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Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Gerhard Rohde
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M A SEV - ALEXAND.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Alexandre Sévère à droite.
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander”, (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANTIOCHI COL// ANTHIVS.
Reverse description : Dieu fleuve Anthios couché à gauche, appuyé du bras gauche sur une urne déversant de l’eau et de la main droite, tenant une corne d’abondance ; derrière dans le champ, un roseau.
Reverse translation : (Antiochi Coloni/ Anthius), (de la colonie d’Antioche/ Anthius).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Sur ce type, le portrait fait penser à Caracalla.
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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