v55_0188 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
MONNAIES 55 (2012)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
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Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 230
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,82 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Emission: 11e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan large et irrégulier complet des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait d’Alexandre Sévèrede haut relief. Frappe un peu molle au revers, mais bien venu à la frappe. Très jolie patine gris métallique avec des reflets dorés. Conserve l’intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XXVI, n° 349
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP SEV ALE-XAND AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Alexandre Sévère à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus”, (L’empereur Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA - AVGVSTI/ VOT/ X.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) debout à droite, le pied gauche posé sur un casque, écrivant VOT/ X sur un bouclier posé sur ses genoux.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augusti/ Votis decennalibus”, (La Victoire de l’auguste/ Vœux pour le dixième anniversaire de règne).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 2. Sur cet exemplaire, il n’y a pas de palmier.
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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