Live auction - brm_420213 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER aureus
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| Estimate : | 5 000 € |
| Price : | 4 000 € |
| Maximum bid : | 4 000 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 March 2017 14:49:09 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : aureus
Date: 226
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : gold
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,51 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier, idéalement centré avec les grènetis visibles. Le buste est superbe et de haut relief mais la monnaie a reçu un coup important dans le champ du revers et est griffée au droit à 8 heures
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Destombes, acquis dans une vente Bourgey les 17 et 18 juin 1985
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M AVR SEV - ALEXAND 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 Alexander Augustus", (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P V - COS - II P P.
Reverse description : Mars casqué marchant à droite, tenant une lance transversale de la main droite et un trophée sur l’épaule.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate quintum Consul iterum Pater Patriæ", (Grand pontife revêtu de la cinquième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la deuxième fois, père de la patrie).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. Exemplaire issu du même coin de revers que la monnaie du British Museum (n° 352 planche 12).
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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