v43_0469 - CARACALLA Assarion
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 110.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 110.00 €
Starting price : 110.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 110.00 €
Type : Assarion
Date: 196-198
Mint name / Town : Thrace, Serdique
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,78 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan mince, irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait inhabituel de Caracalla jeune. Joli revers . Très belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé, tête nue de Caracalla à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°2).
Obverse legend : M. AU AN-TWNEINOS.
Obverse translation : (Marc Aurèle Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Fontaine compartimentée avec une bouche posée sur des rochers.
Reverse legend : SER-D-WN, (Serdon).
Reverse translation : (de Serdique).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum.
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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