Live auction - brm_687645 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Médaillon
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| Estimate : | 8 500 € |
| Price : | 5 000 € |
| Maximum bid : | 5 000 € |
| End of the sale : | 07 December 2021 15:13:37 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Médaillon
Date: 226
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 38 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 41,42 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Médaillon exceptionnel, sur un flan large, épais, idéalement centré. Buste de haut relief. Joli revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES M AVREL SEV ALEX-ANDER PIVS FELIX AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Alexandre Sévère à gauche, vu de trois quarts en arrière.
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus", (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Severe Alexandre Pieux Heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PONTIF MAX TR P V COS II P P.
Reverse description : Alexandre dans un quadrige au pas à droite, tenant un sceptre surmonté d'un aigle ; derrière lui, une Victoire debout le couronne.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate quintum Consul iterum Pater Patriæ", (Grand pontife revêtu de la cinquième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la deuxième fois père de la patrie).
Commentary
Un exemplaire de ce type est signalé par Toynbee dans “Roman Medallions, p. 85, note 103. Celui-ci est de même coin que notre exemplaire. Un autre exemplaire est signalé dans le Gnecchi, n° 21. Médaillon bimétallique dont les champs ont été lissés.
Exemplaire présenté à NGC et revenu en “No Decision”. Bien que l’authenticité de la monnaie ne puisse être remise en cause, la présence d’aspérités à la surface de la pièce ne permet pas de lui attribuer un grade visant à déterminer son état de conservation de façon précise - cela est notamment dû au fait que les champs ont été lissés
Item submitted to NGC and returned as “No Decision”. Although this coin’s authenticity is unquestionable, the presence of bumps on its surface makes it impossible to grant it a grade and precisely ascertain its condition (this is partly due to the fact that the fields have been smoothed).
Exemplaire présenté à NGC et revenu en “No Decision”. Bien que l’authenticité de la monnaie ne puisse être remise en cause, la présence d’aspérités à la surface de la pièce ne permet pas de lui attribuer un grade visant à déterminer son état de conservation de façon précise - cela est notamment dû au fait que les champs ont été lissés
Item submitted to NGC and returned as “No Decision”. Although this coin’s authenticity is unquestionable, the presence of bumps on its surface makes it impossible to grant it a grade and precisely ascertain its condition (this is partly due to the fact that the fields have been smoothed).
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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