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SEVERUS ALEXANDER, AD 222-235
AE Sestertius (31.74mm, 21.57g, 12h)
Struck AD 225. Rome mint
Obverse: IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander right
Reverse: IOVI VLTORI, Jupiter enthroned left, holding Victory and resting on spear; S C in exergue
References: RIC IV 560 var. (bust cuirassed), RCV 7969
A scarce type with a particularly fine early portrait. Richly toned orichalcum color.
From the Julius Germanicus Collection.
"This attractive sestertius (worth one-quarter of the silver denarius) is dated by Carson (in BMCRE) to AD 225, the year following
Alexander’s rededication of Elagabalus’ temple of Sol Invictus to Jupiter Ultor (the ‘Avenger’). It would seem that this structure was actually Domitian’s temple of Jupiter Victor in the northeastern corner of the Palatine, which had been rededicated by Elagabalus to the eastern sun god of which he had been the chief priest in his native Emesa. In an attempt to erase the memory of Elagabalus’ disgraceful regime, the temple was hurriedly restored to Jupiter early in the reign of his successor, hence the change in the god’s title to the ‘Avenger’."
- David R. Sear, COA historical & numismatic notes
Coleção : Roman Imperial - the Severan Era