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Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.34 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 214. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head right / P M TR P XVII COS IIII P P, Jupiter standing left, holding thunder bolt in right hand, scepter in left; to left, eagle standing left, head right. RIC IV 240; BMCRE 94; RSC 239. VF, lightly toned, porosity, reverse deposits.
From the Ken Bressett Collection. Ex Lincoln W. Higgie c. 1968 @ $33.
On 19 February 197, Septimius Severus defeated Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus committed suicide. Legionaries sacked the town. Septimius Severus returned to Rome and had about 30 of Albinus' supporters in the Senate executed. It is easy to imagine how Caracalla grew up to murder his brother, and thousands of others including nearly the entire young male population of Alexandria, Egypt
From the Ken Bressett Collection. Ex Lincoln W. Higgie c. 1968 @ $33.
On 19 February 197, Septimius Severus defeated Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus committed suicide. Legionaries sacked the town. Septimius Severus returned to Rome and had about 30 of Albinus' supporters in the Senate executed. It is easy to imagine how Caracalla grew up to murder his brother, and thousands of others including nearly the entire young male population of Alexandria, Egypt