bpv_239332 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Triassaria
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Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Triassaria
Date: c. 222-235
Mint name / Town : Deultum, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,37 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, décentré au droit. Beau portrait avec une faiblesse de frappe dans la chevelure. Joli revers avec un plat sur la tête d’Artémis. Belle patine vert olive foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Antike Numismatik 51 (2005), n° 158 (180€)
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COL FL P-AC DEVLT.
Reverse description : Artémis (Diane) vêtu du chiton court marchant à droite, tirant une flèche de la main droite de son carquois et tenant son arc de la main gauche ; un chien de chasse à ses pieds.
Reverse translation : “Colonia Flavia Pacifica Deultum”, (Colonie Flavie pacifique Deultum).
Commentary
Normalement avec ce poids et ce diamètre, nous aurions affaire à un triassaria.
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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