bpv_942936 - SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS Tetrassaria
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Type : Tetrassaria
Date: c. 200
Mint name / Town : Nicopolis ad Istrum, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,47 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
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Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais bien centré à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Belle tête de Septime Sévère. Revers inhabituel. Patine noire
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Septime Sévère à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : AU K L SEP - SEUHROS Persikos (Autokrator Kaisar Lukios Septimios Shuhros).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Lucius Septime Sévère persique).
Reverse
Reverse description : Niké (Victoria) debout à gauche sur un globe, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : UP AUR GALLOU - NIKOPOLI PROS I. (Upatewn Aurelios Gallou Nikopoliton Pros Istrosn).
Reverse translation : (Upateon Aurelius Gallus Nicopolis sur Istrum).
Commentary
Rubans de type 1. Semble inédit et non répertorié avec ces variantes de légende de droit et de revers et cette typologie de revers. Manque aux ouvrages consultés. Se rencontre en petit module.
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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