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A silver denarius of the emperor Caracalla with a Fides reverse. 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, 198 CE
Size and Weight: 16mm x 17mm, 2.38g
Obverse: IMP CAE M AVR ANT AVG P TR P
Laureate, draped bust right, seen from behind.
Reverse: FIDES P-V-BLICA
Fides standing facing, head right, holding corn-ears low behind in right hand, and dish of fruit at shoulder height in front in left hand.
Provenance: coin-division (eBay), November 2006
Ref: RCV (2002) 6801; RIC IV 24a; BMCRE V p.171, 102.
BW Ref: 022 028 090
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