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Type: Denier
Date: 216
Workshop/city name: Rome
Metal: silver
Diameter: 18.5 mm
Weight: 2.56 g
Rarity grade: R1

Very pretty specimen, well centered on both sides with the grènetis visible. Very beautiful portrait of Caracalla. High-relief reverse.

OBVERSE
Obverse legend: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM.
Obverse description: Bearded and laurelled head of Caracalla to the right (O*).
Obverse translation: "Antoninus Pius Augustus Germanicus".

REVERSE
Reverse legend: P M TR P XVIIII - COS IIII P P.
Reverse description: Jupiter Victor naked down to the belt, enthroned to the left, holding a victoriola in the right hand which crowns him and a long vertical scepter in the left; at his feet, a eagle standing to the left, turning its head.
Reverse translation: "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestas undevicesimus Consul quartus Pater Patriæ" (Grand Pontiff, holder of the nineteenth Tribunician Power, consul for the fourth time, Father of the Fatherland).

Type : Denier
Date : 216
Nom de l'atelier/ville : Rome
Métal : argent
Diamètre : 18,5 mm
Poids : 2,56 g.
Degré de rareté : R1

Très jolie exemplaire bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visible. Très beau portrait de Caracalla. Revers de haut relief . 

AVERS
Titulature avers : ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM.
Description avers : Tête barbue et laurée de Caracalla à droite (O*).
Traduction avers : "Antoninus Pius Augustus Germanicus", (Antonin pieux auguste germanique).

REVERS
Titulature revers : P M TR P XVIIII - COS IIII P P.
Description revers : Jupiter Victor nu jusqu'à la ceinture, trônant à gauche, tenant une victoriola de la main droite qui le couronne et un long sceptre vertical de la gauche ; à ses pieds, un aigle debout à gauche, détournant la tête.
Traduction revers : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestas undevicesimus Consul quartus Pater Patriæ", (Grand pontife, revêtu de la dix-neuvième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la quatrième fois père de la patrie).

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Roman Empire. Caracalla (AD 198-217). Denarius Rome - Jupiter

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A 216 AD silver denarius of Caracalla, minted in Rome, depicting his laureate, bearded head on the obverse and Jupiter Victor enthroned with a sceptre and an eagle on the reverse.

Roman Empire. Caracalla (AD 198-217). Denarius Rome - Jupiter

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A 216 AD silver denarius of Caracalla, minted in Rome, depicting his laureate, bearded head on the obverse and Jupiter Victor enthroned with a sceptre and an eagle on the reverse.

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