bpv_310732 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Decassaria
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Type : Decassaria
Date: an 3
Mint name / Town : Césarée, Cappadoce
Metal : copper
Diameter : 36 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 27,20 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large à l’usure très importante, mais parfaitement identifiable et lisible. Patine superficielle
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Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé d’Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant; la lance sur l’épaule droite.
Obverse legend : AU K SEOUH ALEXAND, (Autokrator Kaisar Seouhros Alexandros).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Sévère Alexandre).
Reverse
Reverse description : Sérapis debout à droite, tourné à gauche, coiffé du calathos, drapé, levant la main droite, tenant le Mont Argée de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : MHTROPO KAISARIAS/ ET-G, (Mhtropolitwn Kaisarias).
Reverse translation : (de la ville de Césarée/ an 3).
Commentary
Égide posée sur la cuirasse lisse avec la tête de Méduse. Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de la collection von Aulock, n° 6511, pl. 222. Contremarque d’une petite tête de Sol dans un cercle linéaire. Il pourrait s’agir du Génie d’Argaei (GIC., p. 106). Semble inédit et non répertorié .
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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