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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Severan Period| > |Caracalla| > SH79608
Caracalla, 28 January 198 - 8 April 217 A.D.
|Caracalla|, |Caracalla,| |28| |January| |198| |-| |8| |April| |217| |A.D.|, "Mars the Pacifier" with his olive branch may be seen as ironic today, but the Romans knew that victory in war (hopefully including the total destruction of your enemy) is an effective way to achieve peace.
SH79608. Silver denarius, RSC III 420a; RIC IV 80b; BMCRE V p. 251, 478; Hunter III 26; SRCV II 6858, Choice EF, fantastic style on both obverse and reverse, laurel at highest point of bust a little weak, Rome mint, weight 3.614g, maximum diameter 18.2mm, die axis 270o, 205 A.D.; obverse ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, youths laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind; reverse PONTIF TR P VIII COS II (priest, holder of Tribunitian power for 8 years, consul for the 2nd time), Mars standing left, wearing crested helmet, nude but for cloak draped over left arm, right foot on helmet, olive-branch in extended right hand, reversed spear in left hand; SOLD











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