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A silver denarius of the emperor Caracalla with a reverse showing showing a nude Mars. 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, 205 CE
Size and Weight: 17mm x 18mm, 3.33g
Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG
Laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind.
Reverse: PONTIF TR P VIII COS II
Mars, helmeted, naked but for cloak on left shoulder, standing left, right foot on helmet, holding branch downward at waist level in front, reversed spear in left hand behind.
Provenance: subalessio81 (eBay), October 2007
Ref: RCV (2002) 6858; RIC IV 80b; BMCRE V p.251, 481.
BW Ref: 039 034 116
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