v13_0405 - CARACALLA Denier
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 60.98 €
Estimate : 121.96 €
Realised price : 60.98 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 67.99 €
Starting price : 60.98 €
Estimate : 121.96 €
Realised price : 60.98 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 67.99 €
Type : Denier
Date: 196
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 550 ‰
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Emission: 11e
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire mais sur un flan un peu court, en particulier sur les légendes de droit et de revers. Beau portrait
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [M AVR ANTO] - NINVS CAES.
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Caracalla à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°21).
Obverse translation : "Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Cæsar", (Marc Aurèle Antonin césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SEVERI [AVG PII FIL].
Reverse description : Bâton d'augure, couteau de sacrificateur, vase à sacrifice, simpulum et aspersoir.
Reverse translation : "Severi Augusti Pii Filius", (Fils de Sévère auguste et pieux).
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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