Live auction - brm_604212 - SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 550 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 27 October 2020 15:07:40 |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 195
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 17,96 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire, centré. Très beau portrait de Septime Sévère, expressif. Métal légèrement piqué au revers. Agréable patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : L SEPT SEV PERT - AV[G IMP V].
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Septime Sévère à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Lucius Septimus Severus Pertinax Augustus Imperator quintum”, (Lucius Septime Sévère Pertinax auguste revêtu de la cinquième acclamation impériale).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PART ARAB PART ADIAB// COS II P P/ S|C.
Reverse description : Trophée entre deux captifs asiatiques assis dos à dos, chacun sur un bouclier, les mains liées derrière le dos.
Reverse translation : “Parthicus Arabicus Parthicus Adiabenicus Consul iterum Pater Patriæ”, (Vainqueur des Parthes Arabes et des Parthes Adiabènes consul pour la deuxième fois père de la patrie).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 2.
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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