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Pluto(n)
Caracalla 198-217
AR - Antoninianus, 5.3g
       Rome AD 215
obv. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM
       cuirassed bust, radiate head r.
rev. PM TRP XVIII COS IIII PP
       Pluto with polos on head seated l. on throne, sceptre in l. hand, r.      
       extended towards three-headed Cerberus l., before him.
RIC IV/1, 261(d); in Cohen only with Minotaur
Rare; nice EF, one of the earliest Antoniniani!
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PLUTO(N), Greek HADES, god of the underworld, identified by the three-headed Cerberus. But the polos shows, that at this time Pluto was mixed up with Serapis. Caracalla should have built a Serapeion on the Quirinal.

Pluto(n)

Caracalla 198-217
AR - Antoninianus, 5.3g
Rome AD 215
obv. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM
cuirassed bust, radiate head r.
rev. PM TRP XVIII COS IIII PP
Pluto with polos on head seated l. on throne, sceptre in l. hand, r.
extended towards three-headed Cerberus l., before him.
RIC IV/1, 261(d); in Cohen only with Minotaur
Rare; nice EF, one of the earliest Antoniniani!
added to www.wildwinds.com

PLUTO(N), Greek HADES, god of the underworld, identified by the three-headed Cerberus. But the polos shows, that at this time Pluto was mixed up with Serapis. Caracalla should have built a Serapeion on the Quirinal.

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Filename:caracalla_261(d).JPG
Album name:Jochen / The Pantheon - Gods, Goddesses and Personifications
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Date added:Jul 28, 2004
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wolfgang336   [Apr 13, 2006 at 01:23 AM]
An excellent example of the first antoninianii!
Noah   [Dec 26, 2010 at 11:31 PM]
an incredible portrait!

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