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Lot # 489: Caracalla. Denarius

Coin 366 of 419






Caracalla; 198-217 AD, New-style Eastern Mint, 202 AD, Denarius, 3.16g. BM-730, C-177, RIC-346. Obv: ANTONINVS - AVGVSTVS Bust laureate, draped r. Rx: PART MAX PONT TR P IIII around, COS in exergue, Trophy between two seated captives. From the Philip Ashton Collection, ex Berk 119, 15 March 2001, lot 385. Rare: only two specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. The same type is common at Rome, but with obverse legend ANTONINVS PIVS AVG and without COS in exergue on reverse. The Eastern reverse legend is anomalous since on the official reckoning Caracalla's fourth tribunician year ended on 10 December 201 and he did not become consul until 1 January 202.. Near Mint State

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