bpv_154570 - CARACALLA Assarion

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Price : 60.00 €

Type : Assarion

Date: c. 200

Mint name / Town : Nicopolis ad Istrum, Mésie Inférieure

Metal : copper

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 2,81 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Flan large et irrégulier. Beau portrait. Patine marron, légèrement granuleuse

Catalogue references :

BMC.- - Cop.- - GIC.-

Obverse

Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé, tête nue de Caracalla à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°2).

Obverse legend : M AU KA - ANTWNIN.

Obverse translation : (Marc-Aurèle césar Antonin).

Reverse

Reverse description : Croissant de lune surmonté d'une étoile à six rais.

Reverse legend : NIKOPOLITWN PROS IS, (Nilopotwn Pros Istros).

Reverse translation : (Ville de Nicopolis).

Commentary

Bel exemplaire d’association lunisolaire.

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.

CARACALLA Assarion AU

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CARACALLA Assarion XF

bpv_154570 - CARACALLA Assarion

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

CARACALLA

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

Caesar

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