v36_0556 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
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Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
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Type : Denier
Date: 232
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 19, mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,62 g.
Officine: 5e
Emission: 15e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire parfaitement centré des deux côtés sur un flan ovale. Beau portrait rehaussé par la patine. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, avec pan de paludamentum sur l'épaule gauche (O*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Alexander Pius Augustus”, (L’empereur Alexandre pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PROVIDE-NTIA AVG.
Reverse description : Providentia (la Providence) ou Annona (l’Annone) debout à gauche, tenant deux épis de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche ; à ses pieds, à gauche, le modius rempli d'épis.
Reverse translation : “Providentia Augusti”, (La Providence de l'auguste).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Rubans de type 1. Sur cet exemplaire, la Providence a les traits de l’Annone.
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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