Live auction - brm_566618 - CARACALLA Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 2 200 € |
| Price : | 1 100 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 300 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 March 2020 15:05:56 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 213
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 34 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 32,67 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan très large pour un sesterce, de poids très lourd. Magnifique buste de Caracalla. Revers de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Caracalla à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Augustus Britannicus” (Marc Aurèle Antonin pieux auguste britannique).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P XVI - COS IIII P P//S|C.
Reverse description : Mars debout de face, regardant à gauche, casqué et vêtu militairement, tenant une victoriola de la main droite et une haste de la main gauche, appuyé sur un bouclier ; à ses pieds, à gauche, un captif assis, les mains liées dans le dos.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate sextum decimum Consul quartum Pater Patriæ” (Grand pontife, revêtu de la seizième puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la quatrième fois, Père de la Patrie).
Commentary
Poids très lourd. Rubans de type 3. Très beau portrait expressif. Dernière émission avant les premières victoires sur les Germains.
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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