Live auction - bpv_585604 - CARACALLA Hexassaria
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 24 October 2023 15:19:44 |
Type : Hexassaria
Date: 212-217
Mint name / Town : Serdica, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 19,13 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais bien centré à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine verte
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête lauréee de Caracalla à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : AUT K. M. AUR SEUH - ANTWNEINOS (Autokrator Markos Aurhlios Seuhros Antwneinos).
Obverse translation : (L'empereur césar Marc-Aurèle Sévère Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Dieu fleuve (Oiskos) nu allongé à gauche, tenant un roseau de la main droite, le bras gauche appuyé sur une urne renversée.
Reverse legend : OULPIAS -SERDI/KHS (Olpias Serdikhs).
Reverse translation : (Ulpia Serdique).
Commentary
Rubans de type 1. Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire reproduit dans l’ouvrage de Varbonov, III, p. 261, n° 2433.
Historical background
CARACALLA
(05/27/196-04/8/211)
August
Serdica (Serdique), the current Sofia was located north of Mount Haemus on the banks of the Oiskos. Civic coinage began under Marcus Aurelius and continued until Gallienus with a very long interruption after the reign of Caracalla. An imperial workshop will be reopened under the Tetrarchy between 303 and 308.
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