Roman coin.Severus Alexander.Lot 243

Description: Roman coin.Severus Alexander.Lot 243. Shipped with USPS First Class. Bithynia, Nicaea. Severus Alexander. 222-235 AD Size:19 mm Weight:4.70 gm Laureate head right / Three legionary standards. SNG Copenhagen 520. VF grade. Certificate of Authenticity provided Severus Alexander(Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander; c. 208 19 March 235) wasRoman emperorfrom 222 to 235, and the last from theSeveran dynasty. He succeeded his cousinElagabalusupon the latter'sassassinationin 222. His own assassination marked theepoch eventfor theCrisis of the Third Centurynearly 50 years of civil wars, foreign invasion, and collapse of the monetary economy. Alexander was the heir to his cousin, the 18-year-old Emperor who had been murdered along with his motherJulia Soaemias, by his own guards, who, as a mark of contempt, had their remains cast into theTiber river.He and his cousin were both grandsons of the very influential and powerful womanJulia Maesa, who had arranged for Elagabalus' acclamation as emperor by the famousThird Gallic Legion. It was the rumor of Alexander's death that triggered the assassination of Elagabalus and his mother.His 13-year reign was the longest reign of asoleemperor sinceAntoninus Pius.He was also the second-youngest ever sole legal Roman Emperor during the existence of the united empire, the youngest beingGordian III. As emperor, Alexander's peacetime reign was prosperous. However, Rome was militarily confronted with the risingSassanid Empireand growing incursions from the tribes ofGermania. He managed to check the threat of the Sassanids. But when campaigning againstGermanic tribes, Alexander attempted to bring peace by engaging in diplomacy and bribery. This alienated many in theRoman Armyand led to a conspiracy to assassinate and replace him. Early reign Born in 207 or 208,Severus Alexander became emperor when he was around 14 years old, making him the youngest emperor inRome's history, until the ascension ofGordian III. Alexander's grandmotherMaesabelieved that he had more potential to rule than her other grandson, the increasingly unpopular emperorElagabalus.Thus, to preserve her own position, she had Elagabalus adopt the young Alexander and then arranged for Elagabalus' assassination, securing the throne for Alexander.The Roman army hailed Alexander as emperor on 13 March 222, immediately conferring on him the titles of Augustus,pater patriaeandpontifex maximus. Throughout his life, Alexander relied heavily on guidance from his grandmother, Maesa, and mother,Julia Mamaea. Maesa died in 223, leaving Mamaea as the sole influence upon Alexander's actions.As a young, immature, and inexperienced adolescent, Alexander knew little about government, warcraft, or the role of ruling over an empire. In time, however, the army came to admire what Jasper Burns refers to as "his simple virtues and moderate behavior, so different from Elagabalus Certificate of Authenticity provided.

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