brm_229340 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: 228
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 18,96 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, légèrement éclaté à 11 heures au droit. Très beau portrait d’Alexandre Sévère, idéalisé. Joli revers avec une usure régulière. Belle patine vert olive profond
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP SEV ALE - XANDER AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, drapé sur l'épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus".
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P VII - COS II P P/ S|C.
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) casqué, vêtu militairement, debout à gauche, tenant une longue haste de la main droite et le parazonium de la gauche, le pied droit posé sur un casque.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestas septimus Consul secundus Pater Patriae".
Commentary
Poids très léger. Le pan de paludamentum est visible de chaque côté du cou.
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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