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Caracalla, the young Emperor

Attributed to: Giovanni di Pasqnalino Boldù (Italian (Venice), active 1454–1475, died before 1477)
Italian
Renaissance
1466
Object Place: Italy

Medium/Technique Metal; bronze
Dimensions Diameter and weight: 89 mm (3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number59.557
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismaticsMedals

Catalogue Raisonné Hill 423. Kress 143.
DescriptionCircular medal of Caracalla, the young Emperor (AD 211-17). Piereced at top.

Obverse: Profile bust of Caracalla as youth looking to proper right, wearing a laurel crown; inscribed at edge "·ANTONINVS·PIVS·AVGVSTVS·".

Reverse: Beaded rim at top for 3/4 of edge. Nude youth seated on rock at proper right hands over face looking to center and winged putto (genius of Death) at proper left seated on ground and leaning against skull at center, holding a flame; inscribed above "·IO·SON·FINE·" and below "·M·CCCC·LXVI·".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "·ANTONINVS·PIVS·AVGVSTVS·".

Reverse: Inscribed above "·IO·SON·FINE·" and below "·M·CCCC·LXVI·".
ProvenanceBy 1959, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III; 1959, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to the MFA.