Live auction - brm_511871 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Dupondius
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| Estimate : | 350 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 29 January 2019 14:38:40 |
Type : Dupondius
Date: 232
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 8,27 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré. Beau buste d’Alexandre Sévère. Revers inhabituel. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP ALEXAN-DER PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, drapé sur l'épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Alexander Pius Augustus".
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI PR -PVGNATORI// S|C.
Reverse description : Jupiter, nu, marchant à gauche, regardant à droite, son manteau flottant derrière lui à droite, brandissant de la main droite un foudre et tenant un aigle de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : (A Jupiter le Protecteur).
Commentary
Rubans de type 2. Pan de paludamentum visible de chaque côté du cou.
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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