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Type : Assarion
Date: c. 200
Mint name / Town : Nicopolis ad Istrum, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,28 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irréguler bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Caracalla. Reves inhabituel. Très jolie patine verte
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé, tête nue de Caracalla à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (B°4).
Obverse legend : M AUR KA - ANTWNIN, (Markos Aurhlios Antwninos)
Obverse translation : (Marc Aurèle Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Croissant de lune surmonté d'une étoile à six rais.
Reverse legend : NIKOPOLITWN PROS IS, (Nikopolitwn Pros Istros)
Reverse translation : (Ville de Nicopolis près de l’Istrus).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Bel exemplaire d’association luni-solaire.
Heavy weights. Beautiful example of lunisolar association
Heavy weights. Beautiful example of lunisolar association
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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