bpv_259415 - CARACALLA Drachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 105.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 105.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: 197
Mint name / Town : Césarée, Cappadoce
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 3,522,68 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait juvénile de Caracalla. Très joli revers de style fin. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
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Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé , tête nue de Caracalla à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°2).
Obverse legend : M AURH - ANTw KAI.
Obverse translation : (Marc Aurèle Antonin césar).
Reverse
Reverse description : Mont agrée surmonté d'une étoile.
Reverse legend : MHTROP - KAIS[ARI]// ET E.
Reverse translation : "Ville de Césarée, cinquième année du règne de l'empereur (Septime Sévère)".
Commentary
Très beau buste particulier de Caracalla.
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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