v21_2827 - CARACALLA and JULIA DOMNA Pentassaria
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 135.00 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 351.00 €
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 135.00 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 351.00 €
Type : Pentassaria
Date: c. 213-217
Mint name / Town : Marcianopolis, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 12,26 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très beaux portraits. Joli revers de haut relief. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Bustes affrontés de Caracalla lauré à gauche tourné à droite et de Julia Domna drapé à droite, tourné à gauche.
Obverse legend : ANTWNINOS - AUGUSTOS IOULIA DOM-NA, (Antwninos Augustos Ioulia Domna).
Obverse translation : (Antonin auguste Julia Domna).
Reverse
Reverse description : Serpent enroulé et nimbé (Agathodémon).
Reverse legend : UP KUNTILIANOU MARPKIANOPOLITwN/ E|-, (Upathwn Kuntilianou Markianopolitwn).
Reverse translation : (Magistrat Kuntilianos Marcianopolis).
Commentary
Trace de cassure de coin perceptible entre les deux bustes.
Historical background
CARACALLA and JULIA DOMNA
(211-217)
Julia Domna never disavowed her eldest son who had nevertheless murdered his own brother in his mother's arms. During Caracalla's various campaigns in Germany or Parthia, Julia Domna, who remained in Rome, ensured the regency. After the assassination of her son, Macrinus relegated her, she then let herself die.
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