bpv_248048 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Diassaria
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Diassaria
Date: 223-226
Mint name / Town : Nicomédie, Bithynie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,00 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 6,19 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait. Joli représentation du revers. Belle patine vert clair, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XIX, n° 262
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Alexandre Sévère à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : M AUR SE ALECANDROS AUG (Markos Aurhlios Seuhros Alecandros augustos).
Obverse translation : (Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Temple octastyle à fronton triangulaire.
Reverse legend : NI-KO/MH/-DE/WN/ TRIE NE/EK (Nikomhdewn Trie Neokorwn).
Reverse translation : (Nicomédie trois fois décorée).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Le revers fait référence à la troisième néocorie d’Élagabal. La cité fut rétrogradée sous Alexandre Sévère. Ce type est particulièrement rare.
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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