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A silver denarius of the emperor Caracalla with a reverse showing Serapis holding a wreath of grain 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, 2.99g
Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM
Laureate head right, seen from behind.
Reverse: P M TR P XX COS IIII P P
Serapis, standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, corn ears in wreath held low in front in right hand, tall sceptre held behind in left hand.
Provenance: ancientauctionhouse.com (eBay), November 2006
Ref: RCV (2002) 6846; RIC IV 289c; BMCRE V p.463, 188.
BW Ref: 024 029 091
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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; but sometimes it appears just as ears of corn, as on the example linked here.

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