E-auction 172-106866 - brm_302048 - SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS Denier
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 31 € |
| Maximum bid : | 35 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 August 2016 14:45:30 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 194
Mint name / Town : Alexandria
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 550 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 2,86 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur petit flan ovale et irrégulier. Belle tête de Septime Sévère inhabituelle. Frappe molle au revers, légèrement décentré. Patine grise superficielle avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAE L SEP - SEV PERT AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Septime Sévère à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Lucius Septimus Severus Pertinax Augustus" (L’empereur césar Lucius Septime Sévère Pertinax auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A-EQVI-TAS II.
Reverse description : Mars nu, avec le manteau flottant, marchant à droite, et portant une haste de la main droite et un trophée de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate tertium Consul iterum Pater Patriæ" (Grand Pontife revêtu de la troisième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la deuxième fois père de la patrie).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 1. Sur cet exemplaire de l’atelier d’Alexandrie, le portrait de Septime Sévère ressemble à celui de Pertinax. Portrait taillé à la serpe. Semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente.
Historical background
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
(13/04/193-4/02/211)
Septimius Severus was born in 146 in Leptis Magna in Africa (Libya). After a brilliant military career under the reigns of Marc Aurèle and Commodus, he was consul suffect in 185. At the time of Pertinax's death, he was governor of Upper Pannonia. Acclaimed emperor on April 13, 193, he quickly eliminated Dide Julien, his compatriot (June 28), and associated Albin with power as Caesar before fighting Pescennius Niger in the East. In 195, he fictitiously entered the Antonine family by being adopted post-mortem. He defeats and executes Niger and leads a brilliant campaign in Arabia. In 197, he got rid of his last adversary, Albin, who proclaimed himself august. Severus prepares the establishment of his dynasty by giving the title of Augusta to Julia, his wife, in 194, of Caesar to Caracalla, in 196, then of Augustus in 198 when Geta, his second son, becomes Caesar. Sévère will spend fifteen years consolidating the borders of the Empire by winning numerous victories over the Parthians (197-198), then in Africa (207) and, finally in Brittany (208-211), where he died..
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