brm_888536 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: 225
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,74 g.
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Flan idéalement centré. Superbe buste de l’empereur au droit. Revers de haut relief. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
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 : VIRT-VS AVG.
Reverse description : Virtus (La Vertu Militaire) casqué debout à droite, tenant de la main droite une haste renversée et s'appuyant avec sa main gauche sur un bouclier.
Reverse translation : "Virtus Augusti" (La Virilité de l'auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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