Live auction - brm_716804 - CARACALLA Sesterce

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Estimate :	800 €
Price :	1 005 €
Maximum bid :	1 005 €
End of the sale :	08 March 2022 15:12:07
bidders :	6 bidders

Type : Sesterce

Date: 213

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 30,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 21,65 g.

Rarity : R2

Officine: 2e

Coments on the condition:

Très bel exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Buste de toute beauté, expressif. Joli revers. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

C.229 - RIC.498 b - BMC/RE.477 - RCV.6927 (1100$)

Obverse

Obverse legend : M AVREL ANTONINVS - PIVS AVG BRIT.

Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Caracalla à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).

Obverse translation : “Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Augustus Britannicus”, (Marc Aurèle Antonin pieux auguste britannique).

Reverse

Reverse legend : P M TR P XVI - COS IIII P P//S|C.

Reverse description : Libertas (la Liberté) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant un bonnet de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate sextum decimum Consul quartum Pater Patriæ”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la seizième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la quatrième fois père de la patrie).