v41_0655 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 229
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,15 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Emission: 10e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, ovale et irrégulier, parfaitement centré au droit, légèrement décentré au revers sur la légende. Portrait de toute beauté. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine avec des reflets dorés. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP SEV ALE-XAND AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré d’Alexandre Sévère à droite, drapé sur l’épaule (O*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus”, (L’empereur Sévère Alexandre auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P VIII - COS III P P.
Reverse description : Annona (l'Annone) drapée, debout à gauche, posant le pied gauche sur une proue, tenant de la main droite deux épis et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate octavum Consul tertium Pater Patriæ”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la huitième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois père de la patrie).
Commentary
Rubans de type 1. Le drapé est visible de chaque côté du cou. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente avec ce type de buste.
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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