Live auction - brm_544159 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
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| Estimate : | 450 € |
| Price : | 430 € |
| Maximum bid : | 500 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 September 2019 15:22:54 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 222-228
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,81 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, et irrégulier, bien centré avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau buste juvénile d’Alexandre Sévère. Revers inhabituel. Très jolie patine gris foncé de collection ancienne. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Niels
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 Severus Alexander Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FIDES - EXRCITVS (SIC!).
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidelité) assise à gauche, entre deux enseignes, tenant un aigle de la main droite.
Reverse translation : “Fides Exercitus”, (La Fidélité de l’armée).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges à peine visibles sous le paludamentum. Légende fautée au revers.
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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