162 MOESIA, Nikopolis ad Istrum: Caracalla (198 - 217 A.D.)

Regnal name: Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus

Original name: Lucius Septimius Bassianus

Nicknamed "Caracalla" after a Gallic hooded tunic that he habitually wore and made fashionable.[

Born April 4, 188 A.D., Lugdunum

Died April 8, 217 A.D., between Edessa and Carrhae (murdered)

Co-ruler with his father, Septimius Severus from 198 - 211 A.D.

Co-ruler with his brother Geta from 211 - 212 A.D. (assassinated on orders of Caracalla

 

Æ 18 mm, 2.80 grams.

 

Obv.: AV K M AV ANTΩNIN, laureate, cuirassed bust right

 

Rev.: NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠΡOC ICT, crescent and one star.

 

AMNG 1614; Varbanov 2938.

Cabinet: 4-10-1, coin 34137

Scale Bar is in 1.0 mm increments

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