v13_0527 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 76.22 €
Estimate : 152.45 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 76.22 €
Estimate : 152.45 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: fin 230
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,94 g.
Officine: 2e
Emission: 12e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Représentation de revers inhabituelle. Flan légèrement taché
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP SEV ALE-XAND AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, drapé sur l'épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus", (L’empereur Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IOVI CONSER-VATORI.
Reverse description : Jupiter debout de face, nu, regardant à gauche, le manteau déployé derrière lui, tenant un foudre de la main droite et un sceptre de la gauche ; à ses pieds, une figurine d’Alexandre Sévère, vêtu de la toge debout à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Jovi Conservatori”, (À Jupiter protecteur).
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
SEVERUS ALEXANDER
(05/10/221-03/22/235)
Augustus
Alexander Severus, whose real name is Gessius Bassianus Alexianus, was born in 208 in Caesarea in Phenicia. He is the son of Julia Mamée and Gessius Marcianus, a procurator of Syrian origin. He is also the grandson of Julia Maésa, sister of Julia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, mother of Caracalla and Géta. He was adopted by his cousin Elagabalus on May 10, 221. When the latter was assassinated on March 13, 222, Alexander Severus was chosen to succeed him. He remains under the influence of his mother until the end of her reign. In 225, he married Orbiane who would soon be relegated. From 231, the borders of the Empire are threatened. It was first an expedition against the new Sassanid monarch Ardashir which ended with a truce in 233, the emperor having to go to the Rhine limes which the Germans had crossed. The emperor and his mother were assassinated in 235.
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