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A silver denarius of the emperor Caracalla with a reverse showing the emperor with a river god and two captives 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 Mint, 207 CE
Size and Weight: 18mm x 20mm, 3.08g.
Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG
Laureate head right, seen from behind.
Reverse: PONTIF TR P X COS II
Caracalla (as Virtus), in military dress, standing facing, head right, holding a tall vertical spear in his right hand with a high grip, and a parazonium in the crook of his left arm; at his feet, left, a river god, naked to the waist, reclines right, resting his right arm on an urn; to the right, two captives, wearing peaked caps and long robes, seated left, hands behind their backs.
Provenance: Roma Numismatics (Vcoins), January 2011
Ref: RCV (2002) 6865; RIC IV 96; BMCRE V p.267, 555.
BW Ref: 070 052 166
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