brm_391963 - CARACALLA Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: 198
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,92 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier et court sur les légendes, identifiable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
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 IM]PERAT.
Reverse description : Instruments pontificaux : lituus, apex (chapeau à sacrifice), bucrane décoré et simpulum.
Reverse translation : “Destinato Imperator”, (Destiné à l’Empire.
Commentary
Poids extrêmement léger. Belle représentation de l’apex, inhabituelle dans le choix des instruments pontificaux ainsi que du bucrane.
Historical background
CARACALLA
(05/27/196-04/8/217)
Caesar
Caracalla was born on April 4, 188 in Lyons. He is the eldest son of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. On May 27, 196, he was made a 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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