bpv_312369 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Tetrassaria
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Type : Tetrassaria
Date: c. 228-232
Mint name / Town : Édesse, Mésopotamie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,69 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Portrait tout à fait exceptionnel. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine vert noir
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire a été acquis en 1991
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé à droite d’Alexandre Sévère, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant un bouclier de la main gauche, vu de l’intérieur et un sceptre surmonté d’un globe aétophore.
Obverse legend : AUT K M AU SEUH AL-EXANDROS.
Obverse translation : (Lempereur césar Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre).
Reverse
Reverse description : Tyché d’Édesse tourelée, voilée et drapée, assise à gauche sur un autel ; à ses pieds, dieu fleuve nageant et un autel.
Reverse legend : MHT KO ED-ESSHNwN.
Reverse translation : (Ville colonie d’Édesse).
Commentary
Poids léger. Buste très particulier. Rubans de type 2. Semble complètement inédit et non recensé. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés.
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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