v31_0369 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 231
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,82 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Emission: 13e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, légèrement irrégulier, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait. Revers de style fin et bien venu à la frappe, légèrement taché. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP ALEXAN-DER PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, drapé sur l'épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Alexander Pius Augustus", (L’empereur Alexandre pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FIDES - MI-LI-TVM.
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité) drapée debout à gauche, la tête tournée à droite; tenant un vexillum de la main droite et une enseigne militaire transversale de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Fides Militum”, (La Fidélité des soldats).
Commentary
Dans ROME IV consacré au monnayage d’Alexandre Sévère, nous n’avions pas proposé ce type. Portrait particulier. Rubans de type 1.
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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