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Palouche Pillar of the Community Spain 2752 Posts	Posted 04/18/2022 5:18 pm A recent pick up...Thought I'd share it. I do like these big provincial Bronzes. Thoughts appreciated.. Caracalla Æ 30mm of Amasia, Pontus. Dated CY 209 = AD 207. 30mm (13.87 gm) Ob...AY KAI M AYP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right (seen from behind). Rev.. AΔP CεY ANT AMACIAC [M]Hε ΩΠ ΠO, Caracalla and Geta standing vis-à-vis, clasping right hands; ET CΘ (date) in lower field. SNG von Aulock 35 var. (legends); Rec Gen 77 var. (star in reverse field). Roma Numismatics Limited, E-sale 78, lot 852 (same dies). Rare. VF. Here's lot 852 showing the same dies... Edited by Palouche 04/18/2022 5:33 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 04/18/2022 7:34 pm Excellent pickup, Paul. I really like big bronze Provincials, and yours is a prime example. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/18/2022 7:54 pm Super coin Paul. Report this Post to the Staff
circusmax120 Valued Member United States 319 Posts	Posted 04/20/2022 12:05 pm Very nice coin indeed, Paul. Interesting that no matter the portrait style, Caracalla's brutal nature seems to evidence itself. The brooding Neanderthal brow. shaking head The reverse...is so ironic, given the enmity known to have existed between he and Geta. Brotherly love...not so much. Report this Post to the Staff
Palouche Pillar of the Community Spain 2752 Posts	Posted 04/20/2022 4:01 pm Thanks guys I'm glad you like the coin... It was an impulse buy from my favourite seller it just really appealed!... In my opinion the wear on the obverse die gives the portrait a bit more umph!...Making Caracalla look sterner and more imposing... The reverse depiction, as Mike said, is quite surreal in that a couple of years later Geta would be slain on the orders of Caracalla and the latter would then proclaim "damnatio memoriae" on his murdered brother. I wonder what would have happened if the brothers had split the Empire east/west, this idea being quelled by their mother Julia Domna?...Probably a severe civil war! The op coin is, I'm not going to say rare, but certainly less common without the star in the central reverse field or Caracalla's portrait being radiate. Paul. Report this Post to the Staff
Novicius Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1168 Posts	Posted 04/20/2022 8:53 pm That is a really sweet Caracalla, Paul. Indeed, as Mike said, the brutality of the man does appear evident in the portrait. It's not often we see the large bronzes in such nice condition. Thanks for sharing. Report this Post to the Staff
Palouche Pillar of the Community Spain 2752 Posts	Posted 04/21/2022 08:47 am Thanks Jim.. Yes this bronze is around Sestertius size although half the weight..Looks really nice stood on its easel in my display cabinet. Report this Post to the Staff
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