Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2020 Auction 5-6 Aug 2020
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ORBIANA (WIFE OF SEVERUS ALEXANDER). AE Sestertius (21.20 gms), Rome Mint, struck under Severus Alexander, A.D. 225. NGC Ch VF, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 2/5. Smoothing.
RIC-655 (Alexander). Obverse: Draped bust right, wearing stephane; Reverse: Concordia seated left on throne, holding patera and double cornucopia. Light green surfaces with a somewhat dusty, earthen appearance, this piece was struck at the time of Orbiana's marriage to Severus Alexander. Owing to jealousy of Alexander's mother, Julia Mamaea, she was forced to divorce the emperor and into exile just two years later.
Estimate: $600.00- $900.00
RIC-655 (Alexander). Obverse: Draped bust right, wearing stephane; Reverse: Concordia seated left on throne, holding patera and double cornucopia. Light green surfaces with a somewhat dusty, earthen appearance, this piece was struck at the time of Orbiana's marriage to Severus Alexander. Owing to jealousy of Alexander's mother, Julia Mamaea, she was forced to divorce the emperor and into exile just two years later.
Estimate: $600.00- $900.00