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Coin Type: Silver antoninianus of Caracalla, Caesar Dec 195 - 28 Jan 198 CE, Augustus 28 Jan 198 - 8 Apr 217 CE. Mint and Date: Rome, 215 CE Size and Weight: 22mm, 4.83g Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM Radiate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Reverse: P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P Pluto / Serapis, kalathos on head, seated left on stool, holding sceptre in left hand behind, extending right hand towards three-headed Cerberus left at his feet. Provenance: Kernos (Forvm auctions), November 2006 Ref: RCV (2002) 6771; RIC IV 261c; BMCRE V p.454, 124. BW Ref: 028 030 095 |
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