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Caracalla, 28 January 198 - 8 April 217 A.D.
The reverse announces that Caracalla has completed vows (prayers and sacrifices) to ask the gods for 20 years of rule. Usually vows for 20 years are made after or shortly before completing 10 years of rule. In a religious context, votum, plural vota, is a vow or promise made to a deity. The word comes from the past participle of voveo, vovere; as the result of the verbal action, a vow, or promise. The votum is an aspect of the contractual nature of Roman religion and sacrifice, a bargaining expressed by "do ut des" (I give that you might give).RS88943. Silver denarius, RIC IV 181 (R2); RSC III 693; Cohen IV 693 (50 fr.); BMCRE V p. 261, S527; Hunter III 65; SRCV II 6843, EF, lustrous fields, excellent portrait, flow lines, reverse die wear, edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 3.254g, maximum diameter 19.2mm, die axis 0o, 207 - 208 A.D.; obverse ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right, long sideburn, bare shoulder seen from behind; reverse VOTA SVSCEPTA XX, Caracalla on left, standing right, veiled, standing right, sacrificing from patera over tripod altar, flute player standing facing on far side of altar, attendant on right, standing left, holding staff; very rare; SOLD
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