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Price : 135.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 135.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 198
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 550 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,60 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un tout petit flan, court sur les légendes des deux côtés. Beau portrait de Caracalla César. Revers inhabituel. Patine grise, légèrement tachée au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : M AVR [ANTON - CAES] PONTIF.
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Caracalla à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°21).
Obverse translation : “Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Cæsar Pontifex”, (Marc Aurèle Antonin césar, pontife).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [DESTINATO] IMPERAT.
Reverse description : Lituus, apex, bucrane et simpulum.
Reverse translation : “Destinato Imperatori”, (Destiné à l’empire).
Commentary
Poids très léger.
Very light weight
Very light weight
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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