v55_0189 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
MONNAIES 55 (2012)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 142.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 142.00 €
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 142.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 142.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 231
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,46 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Emission: 14e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait d’Alexandre Sévère. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
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-PV-GNATORI.
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.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Propugnatori”, (À Jupiter le protecteur).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Semble plus rare que ne le signalent les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente.
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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