brm_346477 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Dupondius
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Type : Dupondius
Date: 228
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,37 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré. Beau portrait inhabituel avec l’égide. Frappe un peu molle au revers avec une usure régulière. Très jolie patine marron foncé
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Professeur M. Caselli et de e-MONNAIES 1, brm-335765
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP SEV ALE-XANDER AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié d'Alexandre Sévère à droite avec l’égide sur l’épaule gauche (O4).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus", (L’empereur Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : RESTITV-TOR MON// S|C.
Reverse description : Alexandre Sévère lauré debout à gauche, vêtu militairement, tenant un sceptre de la main gauche et tendant la main gauche.
Reverse translation : "Restitutor Monetæ", (Le restaurateur de la Monnaie).
Commentary
Poids léger. Petite égide sur la pointe du cou avec la tête de Méduse.
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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