Live auction - bpv_540604 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 200 € |
| Price : | 100 € |
| Maximum bid : | 160 € |
| End of the sale : | 27 April 2021 15:40:42 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 11
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Diameter : 23, mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,84 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire de style fin avec un très beau buste d’Alexandre Sévère de fin de règne. La pièce présente une usure régulière et est couverte d’une patine marron homogène
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente Naville Numismatics, Auction 20, lot n°380
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d'Alexandre Sévère à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : A KAI MAR AUR SEU - ALEXANDROS
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Sévére Alexandre ).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LI.
Reverse description : Zeus assis à gauche, portant une couronne de la main droite et un sceptre de la main gauche, devant lui un aigle, à l’arrière, une palme.
Reverse translation : (An 14).
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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