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I couldn't let this one pass me up. I just thought I had to have it even though I told everyone I was going to cool it on buying for a while. Oh well. Anyway, this is my latest acquisition. It is a Caracalla Denarius RIC 224: OBV: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head right REV: MONETA AVG, Moneta standing left, holding scales & cornucopiae 2.28 grams, 19mm  I have one other of Caracalla's Britainicus coins and I find them very interesting. If I understand correctly, he started striking the Britainicus a year or so prior to the defeat of Septimius Severus at York and his ultimate death in 211 AD. JW Edited by Bing
10/23/2011 6:52 pm
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I have to agree, that is a very nice coin. I saw some similar denarius on ebay recently and thought that I wouldn't mind owning one of those. So, I can't blame you for purchasing the coin. Haha. |
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Portraits like that is one of the reasons why I got into ancients. Thats a fine piece of ancient art.
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The portrait is why I wanted this coin. It is very detailed.  Thanks for all the remarks. They help me justify my purchases  JW |
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That is indeed a fine obverse portrait. I'm curious though, how much did it cost, if you don't mind me asking?
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More then I wanted to pay. Total cost was $58.
JW
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Now you can chill out for awhile and enjoy it. I by no means know the value of such coins but I think that how great the coin looks is worth the price in my opinion. Great purchase!
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I agree, thats a good price for happiness!
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I checked the prices on http://www.acsearch.com for this particular coin prior to purchasing. The price I paid is much less then comparable coins on that search engine. The Vcoins dealer had this coin mis-attributed in the buyers favor. No, I don't feel bad about the price not being reasonable. I have just been spending too much here of late. That's all. I just need to quit looking because I always find something I want. In fact, I have my eye on a coin of Fausta and one of Julia Paula. JW |
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I know what you mean forget facebook, I spend waaay too much time here... but its so interesting you never know what coin someone is going to post next.
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I blame people like you who are seasoned veterans and keep us newB's waiting for more info and pics  P.S. keep up the good work and we want pics if you get your coins. ..very interesting.... |
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but its so interesting you never know what coin someone is going to post next I know, right? Well I myself just bought a new coin. I won't give you guys any hints other than the fact that it's Byzantine (my first one I may add). Expect the thread about it in a few days. But anyways I digress, that's a really nice coin jw, and if you feel that you overpaid, when you get it in hand, your totally going to forget about cost since it will look really great in person  |
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Nice - pretty good price too.
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Interesting coin, particularly for the "colorful" history of Caracalla--a color that was often blood red. If I recall correctly, there was an archaeological dig in Britain (York/Eboracum?) that uncovered a group of headless Roman soldiers, which were attributed to one of Caracalla's purges. That emperor wasn't terribly popular in his day, was he?  Edited by DVCollector
10/24/2011 9:43 pm
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particularly for the "colorful" history of Caracalla--a color that was often blood red Haha - yep, he was certainly a 'strong' ruler. Despite his fathers dying wishes (in York) to 'live in harmony' with his co-ruler and brother Geta, Caracalla had him murdered in front of their mother less than a year later! This sparked a wave of murders of anyone who he thought did / would not support him. Estimates say 12,000 were slaughtered. Quote:
there was an archaeological dig in Britain (York/Eboracum?) that uncovered a group of headless Roman soldiers I think this is the find you reference: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2...or-graveyardIt doesn't state it in the link but I'm sure these finds were dated to the time of Caracalla and his father. I watched a documentary about it recently. Caracalla was a showman and although liked to perform he usually held back from the 'all-out' behaviour the likes of Commodus showed. York, it seems, held onto its brutal games long after they became unpopular elsewhere in the more civilized Empire. I would guess Britain was heavily militarised at this time and the soldiers were easier to control with these types of bread and circuses. |
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