正面
正面的文字 IMP SEV ALE-XANDER AVG.
正面的说明书 Tête laurée d'Alexandre Sévère à droite, drapé sur l'épaule gauche (O*2).
正面的翻译 "Imperator Severus Alexander Augustus", (L’empereur Sévère Alexandre auguste).
背面
背面的文字 ROMAE AE-TERNAE// SC.
背面的说明书 Roma (Rome) assise à gauche, tenant une Victoriola de la main droite et une haste de la gauche ; derrière elle un bouclier.
背面的翻译 “Romae Aeternae”, (A Rome éternelle).
历史细节
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.