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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, 205 CE Size and Weight: 17mm x 18mm, 3.33g Obverse: Laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Reverse: Mars, helmeted, naked but for cloak on left shoulder, standing left, right foot on helmet, holding branch downeard at waist level in front, reversed spear in left hand behind. PONTIF TR P VIII COS II Provenance: subalessio81 (eBay), October 2007 Ref: RCV (2002) 6858; RIC IV 80b; BMCRE V p251, 481. BW Ref: 039 034 116

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