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Offline JOSE LUIS F

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Alexander Severus?
« on: May 28, 2023, 04:35:34 am »
Phrygia. Laodikeia ad Lycum. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of the Severans AD 193-235.
I can't find it in the catalogue, could it be Alejandro Severo?


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Re: Alexander Severus?
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2023, 04:39:01 am »
Phrygia. Laodikeia ad Lycum. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of the Severans AD 193-235.
I can't find it in the catalogue, could it be Alejandro Severo?

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Re: Alexander Severus?
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2023, 04:43:36 am »
Phrygia. Laodikeia ad Lycum. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of the Severans AD 193-235.
I can't find it in the catalogue, could it be Alejandro Severo?


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Re: Alexander Severus?
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2023, 08:14:05 am »

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Re: Alexander Severus?
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2023, 11:17:21 pm »
thanks

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Re: Alexander Severus?
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2023, 09:09:31 am »
A quick note:

His correct name is not Alexander Severus, but Severus Alexander. Alexander is not a first name here!

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Re: Alexander Severus?
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2023, 02:00:22 pm »
I think it’s only a question of translation; in Spanish, it is Alejandro Severo, and in French (my mother tongue) Alexandre Sévère.
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Re: Alexander Severus?
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2023, 10:20:33 pm »
And on all of his coins I've ever seen, his name is always one of the following:

IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG
IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG
IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG
IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG

When SEV is present, it always comes before ALEXAND or ALEXANDER.

So I wonder why French & Spanish have it the other way around?

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Re: Alexander Severus?
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2023, 03:15:27 am »
Searching in JSTOR for "Severus Alexander" yields a list of 3043 results, "Alexander Severus" has 2853.
So, it seems to be fact that both versions are almost equally used in scientific context.

Even if Alexander Severus is wrong (what it is), you won't stop it anymore  :).

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Re: Alexander Severus?
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2023, 05:15:35 am »
Scientific truth should not be the result of a vote.

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Re: Alexander Severus?
« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2023, 11:27:44 am »
Well, it seems that even the British Museum recognizes both names.
(See screen stuff below.)
Learned something new today.


 

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