Reverse Caracalla standing Sacrificing over tripod altar.
19mm
Attractive portrait.
More information :
Caracalla was born on 4 April AD 188 in Lugdunum (Lyons), being named Lucius Septimius Bassianus.
The nickname Caracalla was given to him, as he tended to wear a long Gallic cloak of that name.
Caracalla's reign was also notable for the granting of Rpman Citizenship to all freemen throughout the Roman Empire.
Caracalla was only 29 at his death. His ashes were sent back to Rome where they were laid to rest in the Mausoleum of Hadrian. He was deified in AD 218.
Stock No: sn 102
