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16.8.2022
Hello
Giulio, I found a coin before 10 years I will send you a picture to it maybe you can help me to classification it Weight: 3g Diameter: 2cm coin not affected, no react to magnet. The coin is not real gold because I put it in vinegar and it changed its color maybe it brass or bilion or a mixture of gold and something else. |
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Rome, 22.8.2022
Dear Reader, below I summarize the significant elements regarding the coin above: Antoninianus1, 214 A. D., RIC IV/I 245 (pag. 246)2, Cohen IV 243 (pag. 169), rarity index "S" Summary
description (parts of the legend that are worn
or otherwise no longer legible are indicated in
red): The search of coins of the type above has given
no result. Therefore, I resort to a coin of
similar type (TR P XVIII, instead of TR P XVII)
to give an idea of the coin type under
consideration:
Best regards. Giulio De Florio. --------------------------------------------- (2) For the study of the coin, I made use of the photos taken before the improvident cleaning that has erased the natural patina and part of the reverse legend. TR P XVII is the best transcription of the mentioned legend. If correct (I repeat only if) the classification should be RIC IV/I 245. (3) ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM (ANTONINVS PIVS AVGustus GERManicus (Caracalla, 212-217). After Geta's death, Caracalla took revenge on his active or sympathetic partisans, and even Papinianus, a famous jurist and paternal advisor, was condemned because he had refused to justify the fratricide in the senatorial arena. Caracalla occupied himself little with the affairs of the state, having left it to Julia Domna. The basic lines of domestic policy, outlined by Septimius, continued to be developed, the soldiers were showered with rewards and all sorts of generosity, the petty cash was increased again with serious damage to the finances. This may have been due to the famous edict of 212 that granted the right of citizenship to any free inhabitant of the Empire if registered in any community (constitutio Antoniniana). It is assumed that in this way the Roman government hoped to unify the tax system and increase revenue. However, whatever the direct causes that led to the edict of 212, the fact remains that, historically, it represents the culmination of the traditional policy of the Roman Empire, from Caesar to Claudius, Vespasian, Hadrian and Septimius Severus, aimed at broadening the social base of the Roman state. Caracalla's foreign policy partly aimed at consolidating the borders and in this sense did not break with ancient traditions, and partly sought to give the soldiers something to live on. Twice Caracalla fought on the Danube, but without notable results; later he moved against the Parthians, dreaming of the exploits of Alexander the Macedonian. While in the East he took the opportunity to take revenge on the Alexandrians who had already been partisans of Geta. In 215 Alexandria was abandoned to the sacking of soldiers. In April 217 a plot by the praetorian prefect Marcus Opellius Macrinus, a Mauritanian by origin, led to the assassination of Caracalla and the rise of Macrinus himself. The army and the Senate recognised this and Julia Domna allowed herself to starve to death. (4) P M TR P XVII COS IIII P P (Pontifex Maximus TRibunicia Potestate XVII COnSul IIII Pater Patriae). The indication of tribunician power (TRP XVII) allows the coin to be dated to exactly 214. (5) Sol Invictus is shown, standing, with the globe of world-rule, and the right hand raised in act of authority and blessing. There is a very considerable development of the coinage in this year. Of the deities, Aesculapius, Apollo, Pluto, Roma and Sol now find a place. The fighting of the year was on the Danube, but Sol suggests an eastward trend of interest: later in the year Caracalla marched Eastward. |
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