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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, 217 CE
Size and Weight: 18mm, 2.8g
Obverse: Laureate head right, seen from behind.
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM
Reverse: Serapis, standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, corn ears in wreath held low in front in right hand, tall sceptre held behind in left hand.
PM TR P XX COS IIII PP
Provenance: ancientauctionhouse.com (eBay), November 2006
Ref: RCV (2002) 6846; RIC IV 289c.
BW Ref: 024 029 091
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