v41_0662 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
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Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 232
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,74 g.
Officine: 1re
Emission: 15e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait. Revers de style fin. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets mordorés
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection M. R. de Dijon
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP ALEXAN-DER PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d'Alexandre Sévère à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Alexander Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur Alexandre pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI PRO-P-VGNATORI.
Reverse description : Jupiter debout de face, nu, regardant à droite, jambe droite fléchie, le manteau déployé derrière lui, brandissant de sa main droite un foudre et tenant un aigle dans la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Propugnatori”, (À Jupiter le Protecteur).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges à peine visibles sous le paludamentum. Césure de légende inhabituelle au droit.
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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