brm_687910 - CARACALLA Denier

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Price : 550.00 €

Type : Denier

Date: 212

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 550 ‰

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,05 g.

Rarity : R2

Officine: 3e

Coments on the condition:

Bel exemplaire, centré des deux côtés. Très bel éléphant, bien détaillé. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

C.208 (10f.) - RIC.199 - RSC.208 - H.2/1312 (R4) - BMC/RE.47 - RCV.6827 (200$)

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANTONINVS - PIVS AVG BRIT.

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Caracalla à droite (O*).

Obverse translation : "Antoninus Pius Augustus Britannicus", (Antonin pieux auguste Britannique).

Reverse

Reverse legend : P M TR P XV COS III P P.

Reverse description : Éléphant recouvert d’une carapace, passant à droite.

Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestas quintus decimus Consul tertius Pater Patriæ”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la quinzième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois père de la patrie).

Commentary

Rubans de type 2.

Historical background

CARACALLA

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

Augustus with Geta

Septimius Severus died in York on February 4, 211. Caracalla and Geta hastened to halt operations in Britain and achieve an uneasy peace with the rebellious tribes. They took Severus' ashes back to Rome where they arrived on 4 May. But the agreement between Caracalla and Geta was short-lived and Caracalla ended up murdering his brother in his mother's arms after accusing him of wanting to conspire against him. Geta was doomed to "damnatio memoriae". Papinien, the prefect of the praetorium, the son of Pertinax as well as twenty thousand partisans of Geta were liquidated. Caracalla remained alone august.