v08_0305 - CARACALLA Assarion
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
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Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
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Type : Assarion
Date: c. 215
Mint name / Town : Nicopolis ad Istrum, Mésie inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,72 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Flan court et légèrement décentré. Très jolie patine vert olive clair / Revers inhabituel
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Caracalla à droite (O*), barbue.
Obverse legend : [M AURH] - ANTWNEINO
Obverse translation : (Marc-Aurèle Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Esculape debout de face, nu jusqu'à la ceinture, tenant de la main droite un bâton sur lequel est enroulé un serpent.
Reverse legend : [NIKO]POLITWN
Reverse translation : (Nicopolis).
Historical background
CARACALLA
(05/27/196-04/8/217)
Augustus
After Geta's assassination, Caracalla decreed the "damnatio memoriæ" of his brother. The "Constitution Antoniniana" was promulgated in 212. All the inhabitants of the Empire became Roman citizens. The following year he undertook a campaign in Germania and won numerous victories over the Germans, Iapyges and Goths. He received the title of "Germanicus". The end of the reign was marked in 215 by the Monetary Reform and the creation of the Antoninianus. Caracalla begins a final campaign against the Parthians. He is assassinated after having celebrated his vicennalia.
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