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Rome, AD 211

RIC-214; Sear-6805; BMC-370, 73

 

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Carthago => please don't fret, for I am taking amazingly good care of your ol' friend, Caracalla

 

Caracalla I'm not sure about the exact date?

 

How did I miss this thread?

Think I' in love with that one @TIF !

I haven't added any recently but here are some of mine:

My only denarius (or is it denari?):

Caracalla, AD 198-217
AR denarius, 3.01g, 20mm, 6h; Rome mint, AD 210-213.
Obv.: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT; laureate head right.
Rev.: MONETA AVG; Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopia.

All the rest are provincials and these coins get me the most excited:


Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE30, 15.2g, 6h; Rabbathmoba, Palestine, dated CY 105 = AD 210-211.
Obv.: AVT K M AV ANTUNINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: PABBAΘ-MUBUN, Ares standing facing on square base decorated with pilasters, and holding sword, spear and round shield. Lighted torch to left and right. Date P-E across fields.

Maybe my favorite Caracalla, and to my eye, you can tell Asklepios has a strong bench press:

Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE30, 14.9g, 7h; Thrace, Pautalia.
Obv.: AVT K MAVP CEV ANTONEINOC, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: OVΛΠIAC ΠAVTAΛIAC, Asklepios standing front, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff.

On this large coin you can clearly see Apollo taking the traditional pose after having sand kicked in his eyes...

Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE31, 16g, 12h; Serdica.
Obv.: AVT K M AVR SEVH ANTΩNEINOC Laureate head right.
Rev.: OVΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC; Apollo standing facing, head left, holding patera in right hand and palm-branch in left.

My first provincial:

Marcianopolis, Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE27, 10.2g, 6h.
Obv.: ΠIOC AVΓ ANTΩNINOC; Laureate head right, seen from behind.
Rev.: YΠ KYNTIΛIANOY MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN (Quintillianus magistrate); Eagle standing left on globe, head right, holding wreath.

Think I might be missing one or two...

 

What about some young eastern?

Caracalla Denarius

Obv:– IMP C M AVR ANTONI-NVS PONT AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– SECVRITAS PVBLICA, Securitas, draped, seated left on throne, holding globe on extended right hand, left hand resting on side of throne, fold of drapery falling over side to right
Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 198
Reference:– BMCRE 647-649 though with different obverse legend break. RIC 332 (S). RSC 568.



Caracalla Denarius

Obv:–ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS, Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
Rev:– P MAX TR P III, Roma saeted left on shield, holding Victoriola in right hand and scepter in left hand
Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 200
Reference– BMCRE p. 295, 716. RIC p. 266, 342 (Rated Scarce). RSC 181. 5 examples in RD.



Caracalla Denarius

Obv:–ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS, Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
Rev:– PART MAX PONT TR P IIII / COS, Trophy of arms with captives either side
Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 201.
Reference– BMCRE 730. RIC 346 (Rated Scarce citing Cohen 177). RSC 177. RD (2 examples)

 

I'm using JA's pic on this simply because its better than the one I tried to take.
Geta
Ae19, 3.7g, 7h, Thrace, Pautalia
L CEΠΓ ΓETACK; Bareheaded, draped, cuirassed bust right
OYΛΠIAC ΠAYTAΛIAC; Coiled serpent, head right
Moushmov 4334

 

@TIF Sorry to go off topic (sort of), but in my thread about Pautalia coins, you posted some very interesting information about how Asklepios is commonly depicted on coins of Caracalla.

Here's one of Caracalla's dad, Septimius Severus, portraying Asklepios:


Bithynia, Nicaea
5.62 gm; 20.5 mm
Obv: ΑΥ ΚΛ CΕΠ CΕΥΗΡΟC ΠΕ(?), Laureate head, r.
Rev: ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ, Asklepios standing facing, head l., holding serpent-staff.
C.f. Waddington/Babelon/Reinach, Recueil général des monnaies grecques d'Asie mineure, no. 33, citing a retouched specimen in Milan, AE 21, with illegible obverse legend.

 

I have another Caracalla that slipped my mind . I've had it a while and had planned to do a nice writeup, but I'm so behind on everything that I may as well just post it here.

A coin depicting Apollo Sauroktonos has been on my radar for some time and I was very happy to get this one, even though his pose isn't quite like most of the statues.


MOESIA INFERIOR, Nikopolis ad Istrum. Caracalla
Ovinius Tertullus, legatus consularis.
AE 28, 13.05 gm
Obv: AV K M AVP ANTΩNINOC; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: VΠA OOVI TEPTOVΛΛOV ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟC Ι; Apollo Sauroktonos standing right, holding laurel branch and leaning hand upon a tree stump with a lizard climbing up it.
Ref: H&J 8.18.7.1; Varbanov -.
This one has a nicely visible although particularly detailed lizard. Not all of them do

Apollo Sauroktonos, the Lizard Slayer. I prefer to think he was just admiring the little reptile


image from Wikipedia

From the Lourve's website:

The Apollo Sauroctonus (Lizard Slayer), dating from about 350-340 BC, was one of the finest works by the Athenian sculptor Praxiteles. While it is faithful to the classical tradition, the subject is innovative and the style bold. Apollo is depicted as an adolescent, about to catch a lizard climbing up a tree trunk. The group was regularly copied by Roman sculptors. It evokes the god's purifying virtues and is quietly reminiscent of his later struggle with the serpent Python.
...
A number of hypotheses have been put forward to explain Apollo's actions, many referring to the religious allusion that the apparently motiveless scene originally would have conveyed. The work is thought to refer to the purifying virtues of Apollo, who defeated evil creatures and destroyed scourges. It may also be an adumbration of his struggle against the serpent Python in Delphi. Apollo's purifying or curative powers are referred to in other epithets associated with the god: Apollo Smintheus, the rat slayer, and Apollo Parnopios, the locust slayer.
...
Praxiteles (fl. 375-335 BC) is best known for his Aphrodite of Cnidos, the first great female nude in Greek sculpture. However, all of his works, the Apollo Sauroctonus in particular, are strikingly bold in style, departing from the classical tradition of the fifth century BC. The subject allowed Praxiteles to develop one of his favorite themes-a young male nude with a graceful, almost feminine body and sharply defined hips. He takes contrapposto, developed by Polykleitos a century previously, a step further, positioning the body off-balance so that the figure requires a support. The tree trunk thus plays a dual role, as a realistic, picturesque detail that evokes the stage on which the action takes place, and as a support for the figure. The rigid trunk, with its dry, rough bark, forms a sharp contrast to the smooth curves of the figure. In particular, the marks indicating the muscles have been carefully smoothed and softened.

 

Caracalla's en one Macrin.

 

Nice. Love the eagles. Yeah I like a lot of their music.

Thanks @TIF for sharing the write up, awsome as always.

 

Thanks for posting all the great Caracalla coins...here is my
AR Denarius 3.19 g./19mm. Rome Mint struck 215AD
Emperor Caracalla 197-217AD
obv. laureate bust right
rev. Fides standing with standart.

 

I wanted to see what everybody had. I pondered on the title for that reason.
I've narrowed my wants down to a manageable few, I think.

 

Yours looks like he might just tickle him with a branch but there are two other variations. We really do not know the exact pose of the lost Praxiteles original. All are Nicopolis. I strongly suspect the city owned at least one copy of the statue. They might even have had the original.
Hand back preparing to throw a dart:
Septimius Severus


Hand forward preparing to grab the lizard:
Geta

 

I think it's safe to say that this thread has been a success. He sure does have a variety of coins.

 

Love all these Severan posts. Here is a provincial Caracalla from Antioch (Pisidia) (seller's pics again). I know its normally verboten to clean these when purchased through an auction house but this is one that might benefit from some slight cleaning on the reverse.



Caracalla
Pisida, Antioch
AE 23, 6.20 g
PIVSAVG ANTONINVS laureate draped and cuirassed bust right
ANTI OCHG ENCOLCA Genius standing left holding branch and cornucopia
SNG France 1179 / Krzyanowska XII/20 relying on seller for these as I don't see a match in Wildwinds or elsewhere online for this version of the reverse legend

 

Nice coins everyone. My Caracalla and Geta.

 

Some nice imperials and provincials.

I will toss in my syro-phenicians tets, although @Cyrrhus has already shown his


Caracalla, Tetradrachm struck in Antioch, c.209-212 AD
AVT KAI ANTWNEIN C CEB, Laureate bust of Caracalla right
DHMARX.....PATO.TO.TOG, Eagle facing with wreath in beak
13.65 gr
Ref : Sear #2649 var, Prieur # 214A_001 (unique to date with this reverse legend lacking C : "should" be TOC.TOG. Thanks to Michel Prieur (RIP) for the additionnal informations)



Caracalla, Tetradrachm struck in Laodicea ad Mare in 209- 212 AD
AVT KAI ANTWNEINOC CE, Laureate bust of Caracalla right
DHMARX EX VPATOC GO G, Eagle facing, holding wreath in beak, a star between legs
12.08 gr
Ref : Sear #2659 var, Prieur # 1176_028



Geta, Tetradrachm minted in Antioch AD 208
AYT KAI GETAC . laureate head right
DHMAPX EXVPA TO B, eagle standing facing on leg an thigh, head right, holding wreath in beak
13,40 gr
Ref : Prieur #209_006 (same obverse die)



Geta, Tetradrachm minted in Laodicea, AD 208-209
KAICAP GETAC, Bare head of Geta right
YTTA-TOC TO B, Eagle facing, head turned on the left, holding wreath in beak, star between legs
13,73 gr
Ref : Prieur #1157_012

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