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E-auction 380-292581 - brm_599721 - CARACALLA Denier

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Estimate :	150 €
Price :	73 €
Maximum bid :	77 €
End of the sale :	27 July 2020 15:26:30
bidders :	10 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: 198

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 550 ‰

Diameter : 15,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,01 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 4e

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier court sur la légende. Très beau buste de Caracalla César. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

C.53 (12f.) - RIC.6 (R) - BMC/RE.193 - RSC.53 - RCV.6672 (200$) - H.2/308

Obverse

Obverse legend : M AVR ANTON - CAES PONTIF.

Obverse description : Buste drapét ête nue à droite de Caracalla césar, 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 : Instruments pontificaux : lituus, apex (chapeau à sacrifice), bucrane décoré et simpulum.

Reverse translation : “Destinato Imperator”, (Destiné à l’Empire.

Commentary

Poids léger. Belle représentation de l’apex, inhabituelle dans le choix des instruments pontificaux ainsi que du bucrane.
Lightweight. Beautiful representation of the apex, unusual in the choice of papal instruments as well as the bucranium.