... If Eastern mints used to make
legend errors on every second coin for
Septimius Severus, and on almost every coin of
Pescennius Niger, why we should we be alarmed with an error on a suspected Eastern-
mint denarius of
Caracalla? Surface,
fabric, appearance look very Eastern.
Obverse style is rather
Roman...
I believe this whole topic needs a
bit more time and much more material to be accumulated. So that someone with enough recorded specimens will be able to conclude what is imitation and what is Eastern
mint for
Caracalla. Though it can be a very silm line between small Eastern
mint and imitation production.
Below you can see a coin that is also in question.