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E-auction 20-5540 - bpv_245206 - CARACALLA and JULIA DOMNA Pentassaria

CARACALLA and JULIA DOMNA Pentassaria VF/XF
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Estimate : 115 €
Price : 29 €
Maximum bid : 29 €
End of the sale : 02 September 2013 15:42:00
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Pentassaria
Date: c. 213-217
Mint name / Town : Marcianopolis, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 11,01 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, bien centré, mais un peu court sur les légendes. Usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Représentation inhabituelle au revers. Belle patine vert olive épaisse
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Bustes affrontés de Caracalla lauré à gauche tourné à droite et de Julia Domna drapée à droite, tournée à gauche.
Obverse legend : ANTWNINOS AUGUSTOS IOULIA DOMNA., (Antwninos Augustos Ioulia Domna).
Obverse translation : (Antonin auguste Julia Domna).

Reverse


Reverse description : Temple tétrastyle posé sur un degré, surmonté d’un fronton triangulaire orné d’un globe ; à l’intérieur, une statue de Sérapis, drapé debout à gauche, levant la main droite et tenand un sceptre transversal de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : UP KUNTILI-ANOU MARPKIANOPOLEI/TW/N/ E|-, (Upathwn Kuntilianou Markianopolitwn).
Reverse translation : (Magistrat Quintilien de Marcianopolis).

Commentary


Représentation tout à fait inhabituelle de Caracalla qui resemble à Septime Sévère. Portraits massifs.

Historical background


CARACALLA and JULIA DOMNA

(211-217)

Julia Domna never disavowed her eldest son who had nevertheless murdered his own brother in his mother's arms. During Caracalla's various campaigns in Germany or Parthia, Julia Domna, who remained in Rome, ensured the regency. After the assassination of her son, Macrinus relegated her, she then let herself die.

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