ROMAN EMPIRE, Caracalla Moneta denarius (Laodicea) - RIC IV 337d; BMCRE 642; RSC 168e.

Obv: IMP C M AVR ANTON AVG P TR P
Caracalla, laureate, draped right

Rev: MONETA AVGG
Moneta standing left, holding scale and cornucopiae

Minted Laodicea ad Mare, 198 A.D.

I think this is a beautiful portrait of the ten year old Caracalla. The coin is also notable for being the product of the Laodicea mint (modern Latakia in Syria).

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