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brm_621167 - CARACALLA Sesterce

CARACALLA Sesterce XF/VF
650.00 €(Approx. 728.00$ | 546.00£)
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Type : Sesterce
Date: 210
Mint name / Town : Roma
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 23,61 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau buste de Caracalla. Frappe molle au revers. Patine verte

Obverse


Obverse legend : M - AVREL ANTONI-NVS PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré de Caracalla à droite, drapé sur l'épaule (O*2).
Obverse translation : "Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Augustus" (Marc Aurèle Antonin Pieux Auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : PONTIF TR P XIII COS III// SC.
Reverse description : Caracalla et Géta debout en regard, sacrifiant sur un autel allumé ; derrière l'autel, entre ses deux fils, Septime Sévère voilé debout de face.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Tribunicia Potestas tertium decimum Consul tertium" (Pontife, détenteur de la puissance tribunicienne pour la treizième fois, Consul pour la troisième fois).

Commentary


Rubans de type 1. Pan de paludamentum visible sur le . Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons à la vente avec cette variante de buste.
Type 1 ribbons. Pan de paludamentum visible on the . This type seems rarer than general works suggest. This is the first time we offer it for sale with this bust variant

Historical background


CARACALLA

(05/27/196-04/8/217)

Augustus with Septimius Severus

Caracalla was named Augustus in April 198 before the great Parthian victory. In 202, he married the daughter of the prefect of Praetorian Plautian, Plautille, who would be relegated three years later. In 204, the celebration of the Secular Games begins. Septimius Severus tries to impose the image of the new dynasty. Caracalla celebrates his decennalia in 207 and accompanies his father to Africa. He then joined his father in Brittany at the end of the year 208 when the Roman armies experienced their first successes there..

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