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Caracalla Serapis 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, 202 CE
Size and Weight: 19mm, 3.2g
Obverse: Laureate head right, bearded, seen from behind.
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT
Reverse: Serapis standing facing, head left, raising right hand and with long transverse sceptre in left hand.
P M TR P XV COS III P P
Ref: RIC IV, 193
BW Ref: 005 028 018
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