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A fake cast denarius of the emperor Caracalla with conjoined busts of his parents Coin Type: Cast copy of a silver denarius of Caracalla, Caesar Dec 195 - 28 Jan 198 CE, Augustus 28 Jan 198 - 8 Apr 217 CE.
Mint and Date: Rome, 201 CE (if original)
Size and Weight: 19mm, 3.8g
Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG PON TR P IIII
Laureate, draped bust right, seen from in front.
Reverse: CONCORDIAE A-ETERNAE
Conjoined draped busts of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna right, his radiate, hers with diadem and a lunar crescent below.
Provenance: Lockdales of Ipswich (eBay), August 2003 (bought as a copy).
Ref: RCV (2002) 6519; RIC IV 52; BMCRE V p.204, 260
BW Ref: 002 029 008
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