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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | 720 € |
| Maximum bid : | 720 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 September 2022 15:18:28 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
Date: 215-217
Mint name / Town : Edessa, Mésopotamie
Metal : billon
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,70 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de toute beauté sur un flan large, ovale et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Buste de Caracalla fantastique. Revers de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine gris métallique avec des reflets dorés. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré de Caracalla à droite, drapé et cuirassé, vu de trois-quarts en arrière .
Obverse legend : AUT K. M. AU.- .ANTWNEINOS .S-EB (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Aurhlios Antwneinos Sebastos).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Antonin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout de face, les ailes déployées, la tête à droite, pas de couronne dans le bec ; un petit temple ou autel entre les pattes.
Reverse legend : DHMARC. EX. UPATOST. D., (Dhmarcikhs Ex Ousias Upatos D).
Reverse translation : (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Dans la base TSP maintenue par Michel Prieur, trois exemplaires sont maintenant répertoriés, aucun en musée.
Historical background
CARACALLA
(05/27/196-04/8/217)
Augustus
After Geta's assassination, Caracalla decreed the "damnatio memoriæ" of his brother. The "Constitution Antoniniana" was promulgated in 212. All the inhabitants of the Empire became Roman citizens. The following year he undertook a campaign in Germania and won numerous victories over the Germans, Iapyges and Goths. He received the title of "Germanicus". The end of the reign was marked in 215 by the Monetary Reform and the creation of the Antoninianus. Caracalla begins a final campaign against the Parthians. He is assassinated after having celebrated his vicennalia.
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