brm_893111 - ORBIANA Sesterce
520.00 €(Approx. 540.80$ | 431.60£)
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Type : Sesterce
Date: 225
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,88 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure régulière. Joli buste. Patine marron
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 - AVGVSTORVM// -|-// SC.
Reverse description : Concordia (la Concorde) drapée assise à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une double corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : "Concordia Augustorum", (La Concorde des augustes).
Commentary
Le prix en francs or au XIXe siècle représentait celui d’un aureus.
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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