E-auction 209-136095 - bpv_408280 - CARACALLA Assarion
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| Estimate : | 120 € |
| Price : | 35 € |
| Maximum bid : | 35 € |
| End of the sale : | 17 April 2017 14:50:00 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Assarion
Date: c. 196-198
Mint name / Town : Nicopolis ad Istrum, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait juvénile de Caracalla césar. Joli revers. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Caracalla à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°2).
Obverse legend : M AU KA - ANTWNIN, (Markos Arhlios Kaisar Antwninos).
Obverse translation : (Marc-Aurèle césar Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Dionysos debout à gauche, nu, les cheveux longs, tenant un canthare de la main droite tendue et un thyrse de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : NIKOPOLI - PROS IS, (Nikopolitwn Pros Istro).
Reverse translation : (Ville de Nicopolis Sur l’Istros).
Commentary
Ptéryges à peine visibles sous le paludamentum; Variante de légende de revers.
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.
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