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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, 215 CE Size and Weight: 18mm x 19mm, 3.35g Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM Laureate head right, seen from behind. Reverse: P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P Aesculapius, naked to the waist, standing facing, head left; in right hand holding a snake-entwined wand which rests on the ground; left hand across body wrapped in a fold of drapery; globe at feet on the right. Provenance: ian030609 (eBay), January 2008 Ref: RCV (2002) 6834; RIC IV 251; BMCRE V p.451, 103. BW Ref: 043 036 122 |
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Note: A double die match to this coin is known, and they have been discusswed on the Forum Classical Numismatics Discussion Board. See this thread. |
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