Beschreibung
Material: Bronze
Gewicht: 21,00 g
Caracalla; 198-217 AD, Rome, 210 AD, Sestertius, 21.00g. Bust var. of BM-204, pl. 58.6. Obv: M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Head laureate r. Rx: PON[TIF T]R P XIII COS III around, S C in exergue, Victory standing r., erecting trophy, and with her l. foot placed on helmet; to r., draped and crowned or towered female figure standing front, her hands tied behind her back, and with a bound male captive seated l. at her feet. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Gorny & Mosch 165, 17 March 2008, lot 2113. Cohen-495 calls the standing female captive in this reverse type Britannia. More likely she represents an actual Scottish queen captured in battle by Septimius Severus and his two sons; for Tacitus reports that British queens sometimes led their troops into battle. F
