bpv_675167 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Unité
120.00 €(Approx. 126.00$ | 99.60£)
Quantity
Add to your cart
Type : Unité
Date: c. 218-222
Mint name / Town : Aelia Capitolina (Jérusalem), Judée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,84 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine verte et sable
Obverse
Obverse legend : M A S AL-EXAND AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d’Alexandre Sévères à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus”, (Marc Aurèle Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CO AEL CA CO [PF].
Reverse description : Tyché drapée assise à gauche sur un trône, tenant de la main droite une phiale surmontée d’un oiseau et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Colonia Aelia Capitolina Commodians Pia Felici”, (Colonie Aelia Capitolina commodienne pieux et heureuse).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Pétryges à peine visibles sous le paludamentum. Atelier inhabituel. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
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.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sellRelated articles
Full data
cgbfr.com numismatists
