Live auction - brm_718109 - CARACALLA Denier

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Estimate :	450 €
Price :	290 €
Maximum bid :	609 €
End of the sale :	25 January 2022 15:18:05
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Denier

Date: 214

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : + 600 ‰

Diameter : 19,5 mm

Orientation dies : 7 h.

Weight : 3,14 g.

Officine: 1re

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée. Très joli portrait expressif. Patine grise avec reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

C.242 (6f.) - RIC.238 A - BMC/RE.91 - H.2/1399

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM.

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

Obverse translation : “Antoninus Pius Augustus Germanicus”, (Antonin Pieux Auguste Germanique).

Reverse

Reverse legend : P M TR P XVII COS IIII P P.

Reverse description : Apollon, nu jusqu'à la ceinture, assis à gauche, tenant une branche de laurier de la main droite, et accoudé à une lyre posée sur le trône.

Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate septimum decimum Consul quartum Pater Patriae”, (Grand Pontife revêtu de la dix-huitième Puissance Tribunitienne Consul pour la quatrième fois Père de la Patrie).