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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, 206 CE Size and Weight: 18mm x 19mm, 2.8g Obverse: Laureate head right, seen from behind. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Reverse: Mars, helmeted, in military dress, cloak floating behind him, advancing left, head right, right foot slightly advanced, right knee bent; he holds spear, pointing upward to right, in right hand and oval shield in left. PONTIF TR P XI COS III Provenance: crispusm (eBay), May 2007 Ref: RCV (2002) 6867; RIC IV 100; BMCRE V p270, 569. BW Ref: 035 031 108

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