Live auction - bpv_717682 - CARACALLA Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | 400 € |
| Maximum bid : | 450 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 March 2022 15:09:46 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
Date: 215-217
Mint name / Town : Cyrrhus, Syrie, Cyrrhestica
Metal : billon
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,71 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Buste militaire de Caracalla tout à fait exceptionnel, à gauche. Joli revers. Belle patine de collection ancienne gris métallique
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé de Caracalla à gauche, vue de trois-quarts en avant, tenant un bouclier sur l’avant-bras gauche, et un sceptre reposant sur l’épaule droite (F).
Obverse legend : AUT. K.M. AU .ANTWNINOS .S (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Aurhlios Antwneinos Sebastos).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Antonin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche, les ailes déployées, la tête et la queue tournées à droite, tenant dans son bec une couronne feuillée ; les pattes de l’aigle sont posées sur un thyrse ou un foudre.
Reverse legend : DHMARC. EX. UPATOS TO. D., (Dhmarcikhs Ex Ousias Upatos D).
Reverse translation : (Revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Cet exemplaire est illustré dans l’ouvrage de M&K Prieur, p. 110 sous le numéro 913.
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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