v18_0519 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Sesterce, (GB, Æ 30)
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 700.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
Realised price : 700.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 820.00 €
Starting price : 700.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
Realised price : 700.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 820.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 30)
Date: 231
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 29,65 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Emission: 13e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de conservation exceptionnelle sur un flan très large avec un portrait magnifique. Jolie patine marron. Revers de haut relief
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Cet exemplaire provient du stock Feuardent (150 francs)
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP ALEXAN-DER PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Alexander Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur Alexandre pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P - X - COS III P P/ S|C.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestas decimus Consul tertius Pater Patriæ”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la dixième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois père de la patrie).
Commentary
Flan très large et lourd, lui donnant l’aspect d’un médaillon.
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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