brm_419109 - CARACALLA As

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Price : 125.00 €

Type : As

Date: 212

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 25,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 12,54 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Petit flan épais bien centré. Joli portrait et beau revers mais monnaie dépatinée

Catalogue references :

C.200 - RIC.493 a - BMC/RE.475 - RCV.6990 (550$)

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANTONINVS PIVS - AVG BRIT.

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Caracalla à droite (O).

Obverse translation : “Antoninus Pius Augustus Britannicus”, (Antonin pieux auguste britannique).

Reverse

Reverse legend : P M TR P XV - COS III P P//SC.

Reverse description : Mars casqué debout à gauche, tenant une victoriola de la main droite et une lance de la main gauche ; à ses pieds, un captif.

Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate quintum decimum Consul tertium Pater Patriæ”, (Gand pontife revêtu de la quinzième puissance tribunitienne du troisième consulat père de la patrie).

Commentary

Poids très lourd. Rubans de type 1. C’est le seul exemplaire que nous ayons jamais proposé.

Historical background

CARACALLA

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

Augustus with Geta

Septimius Severus died in York on February 4, 211. Caracalla and Geta hastened to halt operations in Britain and achieve an uneasy peace with the rebellious tribes. They took Severus' ashes back to Rome where they arrived on 4 May. But the agreement between Caracalla and Geta was short-lived and Caracalla ended up murdering his brother in his mother's arms after accusing him of wanting to conspire against him. Geta was doomed to "damnatio memoriae". Papinien, the prefect of the praetorium, the son of Pertinax as well as twenty thousand partisans of Geta were liquidated. Caracalla remained alone august.