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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, 217 CE Size and Weight: 18mm x 19mm, 3.10g Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM Laureate head right. Reverse: P M TR P XX COS IIII P P Serapis, standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, corn ears held low in front in right hand, tall sceptre held behind in left hand. Provenance: terryceltic (eBay), April 2009 Ref: RCV (2002) 6846; RIC IV 289c; BMCRE V p.463, 188. BW Ref: 053 053 138 |
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Note: The object in Serapis' right hand is described in the references as a wreath, and may be a bundle or wreath of corn ears, as on the example linked here; but sometimes it appears just as ears of corn, as on this example. |
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