bpv_727838 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Tetrassaria
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Type : Tetrassaria
Date: c. 222-235
Mint name / Town : Édesse, Mésopotamie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,74 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée présentant une fine usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé d’Alexandre Sévère à droite.
Obverse legend : AUT K M AU SE ALEXANDROS....
Obverse translation : (Lempereur césar Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre).
Reverse
Reverse description : Tyché d’Édesse tourelée, voilée et drapée, assise à gauche sur un rocher ; à ses pieds, dieu fleuve nageant ; de chaque côté dans le champ, une étoile à huit rais.
Reverse legend : MHT KO - EDESSHNWN.
Reverse translation : (Ville colonie d’Édesse).
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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