bpv_941824 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Assarion
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Type : Assarion
Date: c. 222-235
Mint name / Town : Périnthe, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,36 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan bien centré des deux côtés. Usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Belle patine vert jade
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Alexandre Sévère à droite (o*).
Obverse legend : .AU K M AUR SE ALEXANDROS, (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Aurhlios Seuhros Alexandros).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèles Sévère Alexandre).
Reverse
Reverse description : Urne agonisitique contenant une palme.
Reverse legend : (PE)RINQWN DIS NEWKO(RWN). (Perinqiwn Dis Newkorwn).
Reverse translation : (de Périnthe deux fois décorée).
Commentary
Périnthe était une colonie ionienne de Samos. Située entre Bisanthe et Selymbria, son monnayage débute au milieu du IVe siècle avant J.-C. Le monnayage fut important à l’époque impériale. La cité fut néocore une première fois sous Septime Sévère et une seconde fois sous le règne d’Élagabal. Sous les Antonins, nous avons parfois le nom du légat propréteur comme pour Gargilius Antiquus, “Legatus Augusti pro prætore provinciæ Thraciæ”.
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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