brm_397856 - CARACALLA Denier

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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 150.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: 198

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 550 ‰

Diameter : 17 mm

Orientation dies : 7 h.

Weight : 3,05 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 4e

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale avec un portrait remarquable pour ce type souvent fruste. Joli revers. Patine grise de collection ancienne

Catalogue references :

C.53 (12f.) - RIC.6 (R) - BMC/RE.193 - RSC.53 - RCV.6672 (200$) - H.2/308

Obverse

Obverse legend : M AVR ANTON - CAES PONTIF.

Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue, à droite de Caracalla César vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°21).

Obverse translation : “Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Cæsar Pontifex” (Marc Aurèle Antonin césar, pontife).

Reverse

Reverse legend : DESTINATO IMPERAT.

Reverse description : Instruments pontificaux : lituus, apex (chapeau à sacrifice), bucrane décoré et simpulum.

Reverse translation : “Destinato Imperator” (Destiné à l’Empire).

Commentary

Belle représentation de l’apex, inhabituelle dans le choix des instruments pontificaux ainsi que du bucrane.

Historical background

CARACALLA

(05/27/196-04/8/217)

Caesar

Caracalla was born on April 4, 188 in Lyons. He is the eldest son of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. On May 27, 196, he was made a Caesar by his father, who had broken with Clodius Albinus. After the defeat of Albin near Lyon, on February 19, 197, he received the titles of prince of youth and pontiff. Caracalla was named Augustus in April 198 before the great Parthian victory.

CARACALLA Assarion XF

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brm_397856 - CARACALLA Denier

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

CARACALLA

(05/27/196-04/8/217)

Caesar

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