E-auction 605-577422 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Tetrassaria
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Type : Tetrassaria
Date: an 7
Mint name / Town : Césarée, Cappadoce
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,09 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête d’Alexandre Sévère. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine verte légèrement granuleuse
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Alexandre Sévère à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : AU K M AUR SEOU ALEXANDR, (Autokrator Kaisar Seouhros Alexandros).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre).
Reverse
Reverse description : Agalma du mont Argée posé sur un autel et surmonté d’une étoile.
Reverse legend : MHTROP - KAISARI/ ET - A, (Mhtropolitwn Kaisarias).
Reverse translation : (de la ville de Césarée/ an 1).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Les auteurs du Roman Provincial Coinage ont recensé dix-neuf exemplaires avec un poids moyen de 11,33 g.
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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