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A silver denarius of the emperor Caracalla with a reverse showing Mars brandishing a spear 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, 208 CE
Size and Weight: 19mm x 20mm, 3.47g
Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG
Laureate head right, seen from behind.
Reverse: PONTIF TR P XI COS III
Mars, helmeted, in military dress, cloak floating behind him, advancing front left, head right; right hand holding a spear which points upward to the right, left hand holding a round shield.
Provenance: fngcoins (eBay), March 2010
Ref: RCV (2002) 6867; RIC IV 100; BMCRE V p.270, 569.
BW Ref: 063 048 155
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