E-auction 93-48389 - bpv_311615 - ELAGABALUS and JULIA MAESA Pentassaria
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| Estimate : | 145 € |
| Price : | 66 € |
| Maximum bid : | 70 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 January 2015 16:12:00 |
| bidders : | 13 bidders |
Type : Pentassaria
Date: c. 218-220
Mint name / Town : Marcianopolis, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,52 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beaux portraits. Joli revers bien venu à la frappe de style fin. Jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Bustes affrontés d’Élagabal et de Julia Maésa ; Élagabal est tête laurée à droite et Julia Maésa est diadémée et drapée à gauche, vue de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse legend : AUT. K. M. AURH. ANTWNEINOS. IOULIA. MAISA. AUGOUSTA., (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Aurhlios Antonninos Ioulia Maisa Augusta)
Obverse translation : (L'empereur césar Marc Aurèle Antonin auguste et Julia Maésa augusta).
Reverse
Reverse description : Némésis drapée debout à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche ; à ses pieds, une roue.
Reverse legend : UP IOULU ANT SELEUKOU MARKIANOP//OLITWN/ -|E, (Upateon Ioliou Seleukou Markianopolitwn)
Reverse translation : (Hypateon Julius Antonius Seleucus de Marcianopolis).
Commentary
Trou de centrage au droit seulement. Légende ponctuée. Semble inédit et non répertorié. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés.
Historical background
ELAGABALUS and JULIA MAESA
(218-222)
Elagabalus is the son of Julia Soemias and Sextus Varius Marcellus. He is above all the grandson of Julia Maésa who favored his accession to the throne. Julia Maesa was the sister of Julia Domna and the wife of Julius Avitus. She is therefore the sister-in-law of Septimius Severus. During the reign of Elagabalus, it is she who holds the reality of power. She will not hesitate to sacrifice her daughter and her grandson in order to retain power within her daughter by raising her last grandson Alexandre Sévère, first to the caesarat, then to the august..
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