bpv_831801 - CARACALLA and JULIA DOMNA Assarion
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Type : Assarion
Date: c. 211-217
Mint name / Town : Gordos, Lydie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,70 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Très joli revers. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapée de Julia Domna à droite.
Obverse legend : IOULIA sebasTH (Ioulia Sebasth).
Obverse translation : (Julia impératrice).
Reverse
Reverse description : Dieu-rivière couché à gauche tenant un roseau et un corne d’abondance.
Reverse legend : GORDHNWN / IOULIE/WN.
Historical background
CARACALLA and JULIA DOMNA
(211-217)
Julia Domna never disavowed her eldest son who had nevertheless murdered his own brother in his mother's arms. During Caracalla's various campaigns in Germany or Parthia, Julia Domna, who remained in Rome, ensured the regency. After the assassination of her son, Macrinus relegated her, she then let herself die.
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