v57_0296 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
MONNAIES 57 (2013)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 223
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,65 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan mince et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait particulier d’Alexandre Sévère. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine gris foncé avec des reflets dorés
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus", (L’empereur Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LIBERTAS AVG/ *|-// -.
Reverse description : Libertas (la Liberté) debout à gauche, tenant de la main droite un bonnet (pileus) et un long sceptre de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Libertas Augusti" (La Liberté de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Rubans de type 3. Sur cet exemplaire précoce, le portrait d’Alexandre Sévère fait encore penser à celui d’Élagabal. Ce buste est bien cuirassé alors qu’il n’est normalement décrit que drapé. Au revers, nous avons encore l’étoile, rencontrée sur le monnayage de son prédécesseur.
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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