Live auction - brm_469451 - ORBIANA Denier
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| Estimate : | 550 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 06 March 2018 15:53:32 |
Type : Denier
Date: 225
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,82 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait d’Orbiane. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés, légèrement tachée au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SALL BARBIA - ORBIANA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d’Orbiane à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (L4).
Obverse translation : “Sallustia Barbia Orbiana Augusta”, (Sallustia Barbia Orbiane Augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCORDI-A - 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).
Commentary
Poids léger. Au droit, nous avons les tria nomina de l’augusta, Sallustia Barbia Orbiana qui était d’origine patricienne, fille de Seius Sallustius. Le buste présente une chevelure crantée surmonté du stephané.
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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