brm_827172 - CARACALLA Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: 210
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 550 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,94 g.
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait de Caracalla. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANTONINVS - PIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Caracalla à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Antoninus Pius Augustus”, (Antonin pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PONTIF TR P XIII COS III.
Reverse description : Concordia (la Concorde) assise à gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une double corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Tribunicia Potestate tertium decimum Consul tertium", (Pontife, revêtu de la treizième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la troisième fois).
Commentary
Joli portrait inhabituel de Caracalla barbu, maintenant âgé de vingt-deux ans.
Historical background
CARACALLA
(05/27/196-04/8/217)
Emperor with Septimius Severus and Geta
Géta was named Augustus in 209 after the first victories of the Roman armies in Brittany. Septimius Severus fell ill the following year and left his sons to carry out the operations. He died in York on February 4, 211, having failed to settle his estate..
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