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A silver denarius of the emperor Caracalla with an Apollo reverse Coin Type: Silver denarius of Caracalla, Caesar Dec 195 - 28 Jan 198 CE, Augustus 28 Jan 198 - 8 Apr 217 CE.
Mint and Date: Rome, 215 CE
Size and Weight: 18mm x 19mm, 3.14g
Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM
Laureate bust right, seen from behind.
Reverse: P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P
Apollo standing left, left hand behind resting on lyre set on a cippus, right hand holding branch out in front at waist level.
Provenance: martin griffiths (Forvm auctions), October 2005
Ref: RCV (2002) 6835; RIC IV 254; BMCRE V p.452, 107.
BW Ref: 010 028 048
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