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SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS AND CACARALLA Denier AU

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Estimate :	1 200 €
Price :	810 €
Maximum bid :	810 €
End of the sale :	05 June 2018 14:36:06
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: émission dynastique

Date: c. 198 - 200/201

Mint name / Town : Laodicée

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 550 ‰

Diameter : 19,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,38 g.

Rarity : INÉDIT

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur flan large bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête de Septime Sévère au droit et joli buste de Caracalla au revers. Patine de collection ancienne avec reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

C.- - RIC.- - BMC/RE.- - H.2/- - MRK.- - RCV.- - RSC.-

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient du trésor de Limoges trouvé en 1926 dans les fouilles de l’usine à gaz (avec son étiquette) (TAF. I Poitou-Charentes et Limousin, Paris, 1982, p. 76, n° 9)

Obverse

Obverse legend : L. - SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MA-X.

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Septime Sévère à droite (O*).

Obverse translation : Lucius Septimius Severus Augustus Imperator undecimum Parthicus Maximus” (Lucius Septime Sévère auguste, revêtu de la onzième acclamation impériale, Grand parthique).

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANTONINVS AVG PONT TR P IIII.

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

Reverse translation : “Antoninus Augustus Pontifex Tribunicia Potestate quartum” (Antonin auguste, pontife revêtu de la quatrième puissance tribunitienne).

Commentary

Denier hybride associant un droit de Septime Sévère de 198 et un revers de Caracalla de 201. Semble complètement inédit et non recensé. Manque à l’ensemble des ouvrages consultés. De la plus grande rareté.

Historical background

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS AND CACARALLA

Septimius Severus has two sons from his second marriage to Julia Domna: Caracalla, born in 188, and Géta, born in 189. The first becomes Caesar in 196 and Augustus in 198; the second was raised to the Caesarean in 198. From 201, we observe an important coinage of dynastic issues which will culminate with the return of the Emperor to Rome in 202. This return coincides with his decennalia and the marriage of Caracalla with Plautille . The highlight of this program will be the celebration of the Secular Games in 204. Coins with multiple portraits are extremely rare.