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A silver denarius of the emperor Caracalla with a reverse showing Sol holding a whip 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, 217 CE
Size and Weight: 17mm x 21mm, 3.5g
Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM
Laureate head right, seen from behind.
Reverse: P M TR P XX COS IIII P P
Sol standing facing, head left, chlamys draped over left arm, whip held in left arm, right hand raised palm out.
Provenance: alexicacon (eBay), May 2007
Ref: RCV (2002) 6848; RIC IV 293d; BMCRE V p.465, 194.
BW Ref: 037 032 111
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