Live auction - bpv_1023832 - CARACALLA Demi-unité
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 21 October 2025 14:51:17 |
Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 211-217
Mint name / Town : Berytus, Phénicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,03 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP M AVR SEV ANTON AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Caracalla à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus”, (L’empereur Marc Aurèle Sévère Antonin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COL I-VL - A-VG FEL// BER.
Reverse description : Poseidon debout de face, le pied gauche posé sur une proue, tenant un trident de la main droite et relevant son vêtement ; à droite, une statue de Nikè posée sur une colonne la couronnant ; le tout dans un temple tétrastyle orné d’un fronton triangulaire orné d’un disque et d’acrotères ; escalier à quatre marches.
Reverse translation : “Colonia Iulia Augusta Felicia Berytus”, (Colonie Julia Augusta heureuse de Beyrouth).
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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