brm_925825 - CARACALLA Sesterce
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Price : 175.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2026)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 196
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 19,70 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Des faiblesses. Joli buste de Caracalla ainsi qu’un revers agréable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : M AVR ANTO-NINVS CAES.
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue à droite de Caracalla à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°21).
Obverse translation : “Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Cæsar”, (Marc Aurèle Antonin césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SEVERI AV[G PII FIL]// SC.
Reverse description : Instruments pontificaux : lituus, couteau à sacrifices, patère, vase (capis), simpulum et aspersoir.
Reverse translation : “Severi Augusti Pii Filius”, (À Sévère fils du pieux auguste).
Historical background
CARACALLA
(05/27/196-04/8/217)
Caesar
Caracalla was born on April 4, 188 in Lyon. He is the eldest son of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. On May 27, 196, he was created 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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