brm_941623 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: 223
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,61 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait. Frappe un peu fruste au revers. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M AVR 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 Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LIBERALITAS AVG.
Reverse description : Liberalitas (La Libéralité) debout à gauche, tenant une tessère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Liberalitas Augusti”, (La Libéralité de l'auguste).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. Nous sommes en présence d’une émission spéciale.
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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