bpv_969206 - SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: c. 198-211
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Pisidie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 34 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 27,30 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Joli revers. Monnaie à l’usure régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES L SEP SEV-ERVS PER. AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Septime Sévère à droite (O*).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COL CAES - ANTIOCH/ S|R.
Reverse description : Mên (Lunus), nu jusqu’à la ceinture debout à droite, coiffé du bonnet phrygien, les épaules ornées d’un croissant, appuyé sur un sceptre, le pied droit posé sur un bucrane, tenant de la main gauche une victoriola et un sceptre de la main droite ; derrière lui, un coq à ses pieds tourné à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Colonia Cæsari Antiocheni/ Senatus Romanus” (la colonie césarienne d’Antioche/ Le Sénat romain).
Commentary
Rubans de type 2. Souvent ces grands bronzes sont présentés comme des médaillons.
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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