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Live auction - bpv_520504 - CARACALLA and JULIA DOMNA Pentassaria

CARACALLA and JULIA DOMNA Pentassaria AU/AU
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Estimate : 250 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 29 January 2019 14:37:10
Type : Pentassaria
Date: c. 213-217
Mint name / Town : Marcianopolis, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 14,65 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe revers de style fin, servi par une magnifique patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Bustes affrontés de Caracalla lauré à gauche tourné à droite et de Julia Domna drapé à droite, tourné à gauche.
Obverse legend : ANTWNINOS AUGUSTOS IOULIA DO(MN)A, (Antwninos Augustos Ioulia Domna).
Obverse translation : (Antonin auguste Julia Domna impératrice).

Reverse


Reverse description : Temple tétrastyle à fronton triangulaire orné d’une couronne posé sur deux degrés orné d’une statue d’Homonoia/Concordia drapée debout à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche et sacrifiant au-dessus d’un autel allumé.
Reverse legend : UP KUNTILIANOU MARPKIANOPOLITwN./ E|-, (Upathwn Kuntilianou Markianopolitwn).
Reverse translation : (Magistrat Quintilien de Marcianopolis).

Commentary


Poids lourd. Représentation tout à fait inhabituelle.

Historical background


CARACALLA and JULIA DOMNA

(211-217)

Julia Domna never disavowed her eldest son who had nevertheless murdered his own brother in his mother's arms. During Caracalla's various campaigns in Germany or Parthia, Julia Domna, who remained in Rome, ensured the regency. After the assassination of her son, Macrinus relegated her, she then let herself die.

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