v32_0338 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Sesterce, (GB, Æ 30)
MONNAIES 32 (2007)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 30)
Date: 230
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 20,80 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Emission: 11e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan légèrement ovale et irrégulier. Beau portrait. Revers bien venu à la frappe, mais faiblesse de frappe sur la légende. Usure régulière, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Magnifique patine vert olive clair
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP SEV ALE-XANDER AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, drapé sur l'épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus", (L’empereur Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA AVGVSTI// S|C.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) debout à droite, le pied gauche posé sur un casque, écrivant VOT/ X sur un bouclier attaché au tronc d’un palmier.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augusti”, (La Victoire de l’auguste).
Commentary
Rubans de type 1. Le drapé passe aussi derrière l’épaule ce qui n’est pas souvent signalé.
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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