v59_0405 - SEVERUS ALEXANDER Dupondius
MONNAIES 59 (2013)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 218.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 230.00 €
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 218.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 230.00 €
Type : Dupondius
Date: 233
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,11 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Emission: 16e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait d’Alexandre Sévère, bien venu à la frappe, de haut relief. Usure superficielle au revers. Patine marron. A été nettoyé anciennement
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Richelieu Numismatique en 2001
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête radiée d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, drapé sur l'épaule gauche (O2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Alexander Pius Augustus", (L’empereur Alexandre pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P X-II - COS III P P// S|C.
Reverse description : Sol (Le Soleil) radié, marchant à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un fouet de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate duodecimum Consul tertium Pater Patriæ", (Grand pontife revêtu de la douzième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois père de la patrie).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Rubans de type 1 aux extrémités bouletées. Grand pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule visible aussi derrière le cou. Buste légèrement barbu.
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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