Live auction - bpv_561817 - CARACALLA Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
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| Estimate : | 220 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 28 January 2020 14:56:18 |
Type : Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
Date: 215-217
Mint name / Town : Akko-Ptolemais, Phénicie
Metal : billon
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 12,14 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Très bel aigle. Métal très légèrement taché. Portrait agréable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Caracalla à droite, l’un des deux rubans de la couronne laurée descendant sur l’épaule (O*).
Obverse legend : AUT K MA...ANTWNEINOS .SEB. (Autokrator Kaisar Markos Aurhlios Antwneinos Sebastos)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Antonin auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite, les ailes déployées, la tête et la queue tournées à gauche, couronne feuillée dans le bec ; entre les pattes de l’aigle, les deux étoiles des Dioscures, Castor et Pollux, posées sur leurs bonnets.
Reverse legend : DHMARC. EX. UPATOS TOD. (Dhmarcikhs Exousias Upato to D)
Reverse translation : (Puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la quatrième fois).
Commentary
Si l’attribution de la série à l’idole de face et celle des Dioscures a été controversée, les deux opinions (Bellinger l’attribuant à Orthosia, Seyrig à Akko - Ptolemais) convergeaient pour lier ces deux séries. Les deux séries partagent trop de caractéristiques pour ne pas provenir de la même ville. Dans la base TSP maintenue par Michel Prieur, soixante seize exemplaires sont maintenant répertoriés.
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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