brm_990156 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
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Price : 300.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 223
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,73 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Magnifique revers, finement détaillé. Joli buste. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus" (L’empereur césar Aurèle Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PONTIF MAX TR P II COS II P P.
Reverse description : Roma (Rome) assise à gauche, tenant une Victoriola de la main droite et une haste de la gauche ; derrière elle, un bouclier.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate iterum Consul iterum Pater Patriae" (Grand pontife, revêtu de la deuxième puissance tribunicienne, consul pour la deuxième fois, Père de la Patrie).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3.
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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