Live auction - bpv_394439 - CARACALLA Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
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| Estimate : | 750 € |
| Price : | 420 € |
| Maximum bid : | 420 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 June 2016 15:26:26 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
Date: 215-217
Mint name / Town : Tyr, Phénicie
Metal : billon
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 14,32 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan ovale, un peu court sur les légendes. Très beau portrait de Caracalla. Revers de qualité fantastique. Jolie patine avec des reflets dorés. Conserve l’intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
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Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Abdo Ayoub
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste barbu, lauré, drapé et cuirassé avec ptéryges de Caracalla à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse legend : AUT KAI AN-TwNINOS SE.
Obverse translation : (L'empereur césar Marc Aurèle Antonin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle du style définitif, debout de face, les ailes déployées, les pattes écartées, tournant la tête à gauche, tenant une couronne dans son bec ; entre les pattes, le murex, sous les pattes, la massue de Melqart-Hercule.
Reverse legend : .DHMARC. - EX. UPATOS TO .D., (Dhmarcikhs Ex Ousias Upatos D).
Reverse translation : (Puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Le style définitif se caractérise par les ailes de l’aigle pointues et largement remontées contre le corps de l’oiseau.
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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