brm_323182 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: 225
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 20,90 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un flan ovale. Joli portrait et très beau revers de style fin. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*21).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus", (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - AVGVSTI/ S|C.
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) debout à droite, tenant une haste de la main droite et un bouclier de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augusti”, (La Virilité de l'auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. Le buste n’est pas cuirassé, mais seulement drapé. C’est la première fois que nous présentons ce type qui semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
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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