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bpv_566820 - CARACALLA Assarion

CARACALLA Assarion XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 80.00 €
Type : Assarion
Date: c. 196-198
Mint name / Town : Hadrianopolis, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 4,09 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire idéalement centré. Joli revers. Fine usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé, tête nue de Caracalla à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : M AUR ANTONEI.
Obverse translation : (Marc Aurèle Antonin).

Reverse


Reverse description : Serpent enroulé à droite.
Reverse legend : ADRIAN-OPOLEIT//WN.
Reverse translation : (d’Hadrianopolis.

Commentary


Portrait inhabituel. Ptéryges fines sous le plaudamentum.

Historical background


CARACALLA

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

Caesar

Caracalla was born on April 4, 188 in Lyon. He is the eldest son of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. On May 27, 196, he was created 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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