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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 mint, 210-213 CE Size and Weight: 19mm x 20mm, 3.19g Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT Laureate head right, seen from behind. Reverse: MARTI PA-CATORI Mars, helmeted, naked to the waist, standing facing, head left, holding branch in extended right hand and resting left on oblong shield set on ground; reversed spear, nearly vertical, rests against left arm. Provenance: zeuscoins (eBay), August 2008 Ref: RCV (2002) 6818; RIC IV 222; BMCRE V p.371, 81. BW Ref: 047 038 129 |
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