bpv_540527 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Tétradrachme
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 4
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,1 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan ovale et épais avec un très beau buste d’Alexandre Sévère césar. Patine marron homogène. Au revers, légères concrétions
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente Naville Numismatics, Auction 38, lot n°329 et d’une vente Heritage Auction
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste nu, drapé et cuirassé d'Alexandre Sévère à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A°).
Obverse legend : MAR AUR ALEXANDROS KAISAR.
Obverse translation : (Marc Aurèl Alexandre césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : L - E.
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche, la tête tournée à droite, tenant une couronne dans le bec.
Reverse translation : (An 5).
Commentary
Émission pour Alexandre Sévère comme César, rare pour Alexandrie.
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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