Live auction - brm_860180 - CARACALLA Denier

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Estimate :	120 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	24 October 2023 15:18:44

Type : Denier

Date: 215

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 7 h.

Weight : 2,69 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 3e

Coments on the condition:

Flan idéalement centré. Superbe portrait de l’empereur au droit, finement détaillé. Revers agréable, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

C.296 - RIC.263 - BMC/RE.133 - RSC.296 - H.2/475 (R) - RCV.-

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 XVIIII - COS IIII P P.

Reverse description : Sérapis debout de face, coiffé d'un modius, tourné à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un sceptre de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate undevicesimum Consul quartum Pater Patriæ”, (Grand pontife, revêtu de la dix-neuvième puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la quatrième fois, père de la patrie).