Today, april 8th 217AD, emperor Caracalla was killed... Wiki : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracalla
I raise my glass to the end of all tyrants. :cheers: Caracalla AE30 OBV: M AΥT AΥΡHΛ - ANTΩNEINOΣ, Laureated head right REV: AΥΓOΥΣTHΣ - TΡAIANHΣ, Gate camp, flanked by two towers, a third view back to the center Struck at Augusta Traiana, Thrace, 211-17 AD 30.02mm, 14.24g Varbonov 1099
Caracalla...by all historical accounts...not a nice guy. It takes a special kind of villain to murder his own brother for the throne. The emperor is dead. Long live the emperor! Here's my Caracalla. Caracalla; AD 198-217 Silver Denarius; 17mm/3.2 g OBV: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head right REV: MARTI PROPVGNATORI, Mars walking left, holding spear and trophy. (RIC 223)
Hey, he had to kill Geta, it was self defense.That would make most people unstable, so when the Alexandrians poked fun t him, well he snapped. Caracalla AR Antoninianus. 216 AD. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, radiate draped bust right, seen from behind / P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P, Serapis, modius on head, standing left, raising right hand & holding sceptre. Size: 22.5mm Weight: 5.3 grams RSC 349b. RIC 280b BMC 165. Hill (1964) 1573.
You slightly misremembered the quote in the thread title. "Those who are about to die salute you." In full - "Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant!"
Geta as Caesar AE Denarius. 202 AD, 4.1g, 18mm OBV: P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, Draped bust right. REV: SECVRIT IMPERII, Securitas seated left, holding globe. REF: RIC 20, RSC 183, BMC 240, Sear (RCV 2000) 7200 Here is my Geta coin. I don't have a Caracalla coin yet, but maybe soon.
My favorite Caracalla sestertius and the rarest one I know is Banti 12 with the 4 tier pyre. Banti quotes it from Vaillant which is a book I have not seen but it does not make other books I have.
Wow ! A true rarity ! I am currently working on a book on 'CONSECRATIO' coins, this one wasn't even in my documentation...
Since we all show some nice Caracalla coins here, I'd like to add this one : Euhm no, it's not mine...
Some coin! Who is that on the reverse? The pose looks like Apollo but he does not usually appear so heavily muscled. Perhaps the god started working out so he would look more like the emperor? Caracalla is interesting for his great change in appearance as recorded on coins. There are other cute kids and ugly beasts but he sets the record for the greatest range of portraits. What is the hardest to find are nice looking early teen portraits from the days he was not particularly a good looking kid. Geta was better looking and looked a good deal more like Septimius. Neather of these points probably helped their relationship.