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Galerie > Ancient World > Ancient Contemporary Imitations
203 AD. and later, Caracalla, contemporary imitation, As, cf. RIC 415c.
Caracalla, contemporary imitation ("Gallic" cast), 203 AD. and later, 
imitative Æ As or Dupondius (23 mm / 4,01 g), yellow material (orichalcum), 
Obv.: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG - PONT TR P VI , laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of the young Caracalla right, seen from behind. 
Rev.: [INDVL]GENTIA AVG-G / IN CARTH / S C , Dea Caelestis, holding drum and sceptre, galloping r. on lion over rushing waters gushing from a rock.
for prototype, cf. RIC IV, I, 279, 415c (R) . 

Curtis Clay 24/01/2010: 
"Most Severan "Gallic" casts reproduce originals of the period c. 202-8 which (a) were issued by the mint in reduced volume and (b) include a lot of collectible types, e.g. Plautilla, Geta Saecular Games types, Septimus Victory in biga, Caracalla INDVLGENTIA AVGG IN CARTH.
So there were a lot of "collectible" types in the original production of casts, and yes, of course it is specifically casts bearing these interesting types that preferentially turn up in catalogues and collections, the original struck pieces being hard to come by.
There is no doubt whatever about the antiquity of the series. A large number of these casts bear obviously authentic patination and deposits; many of them, for example all the ones known to Cohen, have been in collections for 150 years and more; some have excavation provenances, for example Walker, Coins from the Sacred Spring at Bath, pl. 41, 45 (Caracalla INDVLGENTIA AVGG IN CARTH)."
Plus, with their shrunken diameter and impossibly light weights, these casts deviate too greatly from the originals to fool any competent collector. A modern forger who produced such incompetent imitations would have been left sitting on his entire production!"

more info about these reverse types on http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=37595.0
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Dea Caelestis, who was also equated with Cybele and Magna Mater, was the patron goddess of Carthage. She appears here, riding on a lion above a stream of water flowing from a rocky source, to commemorate a major series of public works at Carthage, probably including an important aqueduct built to supply the city with water.
The type itself is taken from a statue of Magna Mater, which was located on the roof of her shrine in the Circus Maximus in Rome and that had previously appeared on coins under Lucilla and Commodus.
Septimius made an expedition to North Africa in AD 202, and remained there into AD 203. During this time, he led a campaign against the tribes who raided the province from the deserts to the south and east, and also undertook a number of building projects to improve both the local infrastructure as well as the overall prestige of the various cities. One of the major projects was the construction of an important aqueduct in Carthage.
As Dea Caelestis was the patron goddess of Carthage, and while this issue was certainly struck in commemoration of Septimius' general works there, the particular iconography of her riding on a lion above a stream of water flowing from a rocky source may have been chosen as a specific reference to the aqueduct.

Dea Caelestis reitet auf galoppierendem Löwen, auf eine kaiserliche Stiftung an Karthago anlässlich der Ludi Saeculares. Die Reverslegende zeigt die Verbundenheit des Kaisers mit der Hauptstadt seiner Heimatprovinz Africa, also Karthago. Möglicherweise war der Bau eines Aquädukts für Karthago der Anlaß für die Prägung dieser Münze. Im Jahr 202-3 haben Septimius Severus und Caracalla Afrika besucht.
Schlüsselwörter: Caracalla Contemporary Imitation As Dea Caelestis Gallic Cast Lion Water Rock

203 AD. and later, Caracalla, contemporary imitation, As, cf. RIC 415c.

Caracalla, contemporary imitation ("Gallic" cast), 203 AD. and later,
imitative Æ As or Dupondius (23 mm / 4,01 g), yellow material (orichalcum),
Obv.: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG - PONT TR P VI , laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of the young Caracalla right, seen from behind.
Rev.: [INDVL]GENTIA AVG-G / IN CARTH / S C , Dea Caelestis, holding drum and sceptre, galloping r. on lion over rushing waters gushing from a rock.
for prototype, cf. RIC IV, I, 279, 415c (R) .

Curtis Clay 24/01/2010:
"Most Severan "Gallic" casts reproduce originals of the period c. 202-8 which (a) were issued by the mint in reduced volume and (b) include a lot of collectible types, e.g. Plautilla, Geta Saecular Games types, Septimus Victory in biga, Caracalla INDVLGENTIA AVGG IN CARTH.
So there were a lot of "collectible" types in the original production of casts, and yes, of course it is specifically casts bearing these interesting types that preferentially turn up in catalogues and collections, the original struck pieces being hard to come by.
There is no doubt whatever about the antiquity of the series. A large number of these casts bear obviously authentic patination and deposits; many of them, for example all the ones known to Cohen, have been in collections for 150 years and more; some have excavation provenances, for example Walker, Coins from the Sacred Spring at Bath, pl. 41, 45 (Caracalla INDVLGENTIA AVGG IN CARTH)."
Plus, with their shrunken diameter and impossibly light weights, these casts deviate too greatly from the originals to fool any competent collector. A modern forger who produced such incompetent imitations would have been left sitting on his entire production!"

more info about these reverse types on http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=37595.0
...............................................

Dea Caelestis, who was also equated with Cybele and Magna Mater, was the patron goddess of Carthage. She appears here, riding on a lion above a stream of water flowing from a rocky source, to commemorate a major series of public works at Carthage, probably including an important aqueduct built to supply the city with water.
The type itself is taken from a statue of Magna Mater, which was located on the roof of her shrine in the Circus Maximus in Rome and that had previously appeared on coins under Lucilla and Commodus.
Septimius made an expedition to North Africa in AD 202, and remained there into AD 203. During this time, he led a campaign against the tribes who raided the province from the deserts to the south and east, and also undertook a number of building projects to improve both the local infrastructure as well as the overall prestige of the various cities. One of the major projects was the construction of an important aqueduct in Carthage.
As Dea Caelestis was the patron goddess of Carthage, and while this issue was certainly struck in commemoration of Septimius' general works there, the particular iconography of her riding on a lion above a stream of water flowing from a rocky source may have been chosen as a specific reference to the aqueduct.

Dea Caelestis reitet auf galoppierendem Löwen, auf eine kaiserliche Stiftung an Karthago anlässlich der Ludi Saeculares. Die Reverslegende zeigt die Verbundenheit des Kaisers mit der Hauptstadt seiner Heimatprovinz Africa, also Karthago. Möglicherweise war der Bau eines Aquädukts für Karthago der Anlaß für die Prägung dieser Münze. Im Jahr 202-3 haben Septimius Severus und Caracalla Afrika besucht.

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