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A denarius of the emperor Caracalla with a reverse showing Mars the peacemaker. 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: Laureate head right, seen from behind.
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT
Reverse: 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.
MARTI PA-CATORI
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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