bpv_537414 - CARACALLA Tetrassaria
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Type : Tetrassaria
Date: an 221
Mint name / Town : Tripolis, Phénicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 11,76 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré, un peu court sur la légende de revers. Jolie représentation du revers. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé de Caracalla, vu de trois quarts en arrière.
Obverse legend : M AUR ANTwNINOS SEBA (Markos Aurhlios Antwninos Sebastos).
Reverse
Reverse description : Astarte debout à droite, le pied gauche sur une proue de navire. Elle est couronnée par une petite Nike debout sur une colonne. Les Dioscures sont de part et d’autre.
Reverse legend : TRIPOL / GKF.
Reverse translation : (de Tripolis, an 523).
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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