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An unofficial silver denarius of the emperor Caracalla with a reverse showing Salus seated. Coin Type: Unofficial silver denarius of Caracalla, Caesar Dec 195 - 28 Jan 198 CE, Augustus 28 Jan 198 - 8 Apr 217 CE.
Mint and Date: Rome, after 211 CE
Size and Weight: 17mm x 19mm, 2.52g
Obverse: ANTONINS PIVS AVG BRIT
Laureate head right, seen from behind.
Reverse: P M TR P XVII COS III P P
Salus seated left, legs crossed, left elbow resting on back of chair, with her right hand feeding a snake that rises from her knee.
Provenance: petrus.fabricius (eBay), March 2010.
Ref: None, but see RIC IV p. 261 which says there are many hybrids of this reign.
BW Ref: 063 048 155
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Note: A contemporary fake, a mule, with an obverse of Caracalla and a reverse of Septimius Severus, RIC IV 230, from 209 CE. Note the misspelling of ANTONINVS on the obverse.

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