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A silver antoninianus of the emperor Caracalla with a reverse showing Pluto and Cerberus Coin Type: Silver antoninianus 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: 22mm, 4.83g
Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM
Radiate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Reverse: P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P
Pluto / Serapis, kalathos on head, seated left on stool, holding sceptre in left hand behind, extending right hand towards three-headed Cerberus left at his feet.
Provenance: Kernos (Forvm auctions), November 2006
Ref: RCV (2002) 6771; RIC IV 261c; BMCRE V p.454, 124.
BW Ref: 028 030 095
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