You must signin and be an approved bidder to bid, LOGIN TO BID. Accounts are subject to approval and the approval process takes place within 48 hours. Do not wait until the day a sale closes to register. Clicking on « bid » constitutes acceptance of the terms of use of cgb.fr private e-auctions.
Bids must be placed in whole Euro amounts only. The sale will start closing at the time stated on the item description; any bids received at the site after the closing time will not be executed. Transmission times may vary and bids could be rejected if you wait until the last second. For further information ckeck the E-auctions F.A.Q.
NO BUYER'S FEE.
NO BUYER'S FEE.
| Estimate : | 175 € |
| Price : | 56 € |
| Maximum bid : | 60 € |
| End of the sale : | 19 March 2018 14:51:30 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Tetrassaria
Date: c. 205-208
Mint name / Town : Nicopolis ad Istrum, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 12,46 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, parfaitement centré avec les grènetis complets. Beau portrait de Caracalla. Revers inhabituel bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine verte
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Caracalla à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : AU. K. M. AUR. - ANTWNINOS, (Autokrator Kaisaros Markos Aurhlios Antwninos)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Dieu rivière (Istrus) nu jusqu’à la ceinture allongé à gauche sur les flots, tenant de la main droite des épis et un pavot, le coude gauche appuyé sur un rocher déversant l’onde de la min droite ; dans le champ à gauche un rocher.
Reverse legend : UP OOU TERTULLOU - NIKOPOLITWN// PROS I, (Upatewn Oou Tertullou Nikopolis Pros Istros)
Reverse translation : (Magistrat Julius Tertullius de Nicopolis près de l’Istrus).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Type de buste inhabituel. Poids lourd, correspondant normalement à un pentassaria (5 assaria). Mais la marque de valeur E ne figure pas dans le champ du revers. Il s’agit donc bien d’un tetrassaria.
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..
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sell
Full data
Your Recently Viewed Items
20 Lari GEORGIA 2021 P.78 UNC
30.00 €
EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY VI PHILOMETOR Trihemiobole XF
90.00 €
CARACALLA Tetrassaria AU
56.00 €
CARACALLA Tétradrachme syro-phénicien AU
225.00 €
PLAUTILLA Denier AU
150.00 €
SEVERUS ALEXANDER Denier MS
150.00 €
cgbfr.com numismatists
