brm_910840 - CARACALLA Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: 196
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 17,02 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré à l’usure importante mais régulière. Buste agréable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : M AVR ANTONINVS CAES.
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue à droite de Caracalla à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A°21).
Obverse translation : “Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Cæsar”, (Marc Aurèle Antonin césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPEI PERPETVAE/ S|C.
Reverse description : Spes (l’Espoir) drapée, avançant à gauche, tenant une fleur de la main droite.
Reverse translation : “Spei Perpetuae”, (A l’Espoir perpétuel).
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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