v21_2959 - ORBIANA Denier
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 700.00 €
Realised price : 358.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 358.00 €
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 700.00 €
Realised price : 358.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 358.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 225
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,28 g.
Rarity : R2
Emission: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Joli revers, mais légèrement piqué. Une fine patine grise recouvre l’exemplaire
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SALL BARBIA - ORBIANA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste drapé et diadémé d’Orbiane à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (L4).
Obverse translation : "Sallustia Barbia Orbiana Augusta", (Sallustia Barbia Orbiane Augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCORDIA - AVGG.
Reverse description : Concordia (la Concorde) assise à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une double corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Concordia Augustorum", (La Concorde des augustes).
Historical background
ORBIANA
(225)
Wife of Severus Alexander
Little information is available on Empress Orbiane. She married Alexander Severus in 225 but, having displeased the august's mother, she would eventually be banished to Africa. It is interesting to note the doubling of the G of CONCORDIA AVGG on certain reverse legends. Such a doubling would seem to indicate that Orbiane received important powers, likely to justify the jealousy of Julia Mamée.
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