Live auction - bpv_409037 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Pentassaria
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| Estimate : | 350 € |
| Price : | 225 € |
| Maximum bid : | 250 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 November 2016 14:47:41 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Pentassaria
Date: an 249
Mint name / Town : Anazarbus, Cilicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 13,71 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait particulier d’Alexandre Sévère (héroïque). Revers de style fin, un peu court sur la légende. Très jolie patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse legend : AUT K MA AU SE - ALEXANDR-OS (Autokratoros Kaisaros Markos Aurhlios Seouhrou Alexandros).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre).
Reverse
Reverse description : Niké/ Victoria (la Victoire) drapée, les ailes déployées debout à gauche sur un globe, brandissant une couronne de la main droite et tenant un trophée de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : [ANAZA]RB-OU MHTROPOLEOS ET Q/MS/ G/B// (Anazarbos Endoxos Mhtropoleos).
Reverse translation : (d’Anazarbos illustre ville an 249).
Commentary
Semble inédit et non répertorié avec ces variantes de légende. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés.
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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