bpv_570206 - CARACALLA Tetrassaria
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Price : 125.00 €
Type : Tetrassaria
Date: c. 211-217
Mint name / Town : Plotinopolis, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,41 g.
Rarity : R2
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Caracalla à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : AUT K M AUR SE - ANTWNEINOS
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Mar Aurèle Sévère Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Apollon debout à gauche, tenant une phiale de la main droite au-dessus d’un autel allumé et une branche de laurier de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : PLOTEINO-POLEITWN
Reverse translation : (de Plotinopolis).
Commentary
Buste avec les cheveux tirés en arrière terminés par un petit chignon. Semble rare.
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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