Live auction - bpv_393993 - CARACALLA Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
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| Estimate : | 720 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 28 June 2016 15:25:44 |
Type : Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
Date: 215-217
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie
Metal : billon
Diameter : 26,00 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,08 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait inhabituel de Caracalla à gauche. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine de collection avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, cuirassé (ptéryge visible) et drapé de Caracalla à gauche, vu de trois-quarts arrière avec une barbe fournie, les deux rubans de la couronne de laurier flottant derrière la tête.
Obverse legend : ANTWNEINOS - SE AUT K. M..
Obverse translation : (Antonin auguste empereur césar Marc Aurèle).
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle à gauche, ailes écartées, tête et queue à droite, tenant un cuissot d’animal sacrificiel dans ses serres, et une couronne perlée de lauriers dans son bec.
Reverse legend : DHMARC .EX. UPATO. D., .D. .E..
Reverse translation : (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Dans la base TSP maintenue par Michel Prieur, quarante-quatre exemplaires sont maintenant répertoriés dont en musées British Museum, Berne, ANS, Copenhague et Yale.
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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