v41_0648 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 110.00 €
Estimate : 170.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 110.00 €
Estimate : 170.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 223
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,18 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, légèrement décentré au revers sur la tête de la Paix. Très beau portrait expressif de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage. Joli revers. Très belle patine grise avec des reflets métalliques dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES 36, n° 552
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*21).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P - [II] - COS P P.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) debout à gauche, tenant de la main droite une branche d'olivier et un sceptre de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate iterum Consul Pater Patriæ”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la deuxième puissance tribunitienne consul père de la patrie).
Commentary
Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les ouvrages généraux.
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.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sell
Full data
cgbfr.com numismatists
