brm_873908 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: 231
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,31 g.
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Superbe buste d’Alexandre Sévère. Joli revers. Patine grise
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP SEV ALE-XAND AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré 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 : VIRTVS AVG.
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) en habit militaire debout à gauche, la main gauche posée sur un bouclier, tenant une Victoriola dans la main droite ; une haste repose sur son bras gauche.
Reverse translation : "Virtus Augusti" (La Virilité de l'empereur).
Commentary
Revers inhabituel.
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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