Live auction - bpv_403535 - CARACALLA Dodecassaria
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| Estimate : | 1 000 € |
| Price : | 450 € |
| Maximum bid : | 501 € |
| End of the sale : | 27 September 2016 14:52:00 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Dodecassaria
Date: c. 213-217
Mint name / Town : Mytilène, Lesbos
Metal : copper
Diameter : 45 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 42,36 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan extrêmement large, échancré à 4 heures, bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine marron piquée et corrodée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Grand buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Caracalla à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse legend : AUTOKRAT. K - MAR AURH ANTWNEINOS, (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Aurhlios Antwneinos)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Caracalla à cheval galopant à droite, vêtu militairement, le manteau flottant au vent, tête nue, brandissant une javeline de la main droite et tenant un bouclier de la main gauche, au-dessus d’un guerrier terrassé ; un bouclier reposant sur le sol .
Reverse legend : EPI ST[R APE]LLOU. B. [MENE]MACOU// MUTILHNA//IWN
Reverse translation : (du magistrat stratège Apellos B Menemachos de Mytilène) .
Commentary
Magistrat : Apellos Menemachos. Dénomination tout à fait exceptionnelle à comparer avec des types similaires pour l’atelier de Pergame. Grand buste héroïque avec un paludamentum très important comportant de nombreux plis. Ptéryges larges sous le paludamentum.
Historical background
CARACALLA
(05/27/196-04/8/217)
Augustus
After Geta's assassination, Caracalla decreed the "damnatio memoriæ" of his brother. The "Constitution Antoniniana" was promulgated in 212. All the inhabitants of the Empire became Roman citizens. The following year he undertook a campaign in Germania and won numerous victories over the Germans, Iapyges and Goths. He received the title of "Germanicus". The end of the reign was marked in 215 by the Monetary Reform and the creation of the Antoninianus. Caracalla begins a final campaign against the Parthians. He is assassinated after having celebrated his vicennalia.
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