v24_0463 - CARACALLA Tetrassaria
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 175.00 €
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 175.00 €
Type : Tetrassaria
Date: 212-216
Mint name / Town : Serdica, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 17,84 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait avec une magnifique patine vert olive foncé. Revers de haut relief
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête lauréee de Caracalla à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : AUT K. M. AUR SEU - ANTWNEINOS (Autokrator Markos Aurhlios Seuhros Antwneinos)
Obverse translation : (L'empereur césar Marc-Aurèle Sévère Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Serpent enroulé et nimbé (Agathodémon).
Reverse legend : OULPIAS -SERDIKH/S (Olpias Serdikhs)
Reverse translation : (Ulpia Serdique).
Historical background
CARACALLA
(05/27/196-04/8/211)
August
Serdica (Serdique), the current Sofia was located north of Mount Haemus on the banks of the Oiskos. Civic coinage began under Marcus Aurelius and continued until Gallienus with a very long interruption after the reign of Caracalla. An imperial workshop will be reopened under the Tetrarchy between 303 and 308.
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