brm_872829 - CARACALLA Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: 197
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,51 g.
Officine: 9e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Joli buste de Caracalla, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise
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Obverse
Obverse legend : M AVR ANTON - CAES PONTIF.
Obverse description : Buste de Caracalla, tête nue, à droite avec paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°21).
Obverse translation : "Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caesar Pontifex" (Marc Aurèle Antonin César Pontife).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IMP - ERII - FELICITAS.
Reverse description : Felicitas (La Félicité) debout à gauche, tenant un caducée, et portant un enfant sur le bras gauche.
Reverse translation : "Imperii Felicitas" (La Félicité de l'Empire).
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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