Caracalla Denarius help

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  1. acb12345

    acb12345 Member

    I purchased this Caracalla Denarius a few weeks ago and I'm trying to identify it. I've been looking on wildwinds and it looks very close to RSC 211 however the obverse legend is different than mine. Mine looks like ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, and RIC 211 obverse legend reads ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT [https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/caracalla/t.html](https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/caracalla/t.html). I can't seem to find an exact match for the legends which I can normally do. Let me know what you think.
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  3. Spaniard

    Spaniard Well-Known Member

    Looks to be...Serapis reverse...
    Ob...ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM,
    rev...PM TRPXVI COSIIII PP
     
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  4. FitzNigel

    FitzNigel Medievalist

    This is RIC 208(c). I don't think Sear lists it (and I suspect it won't be in RSC either, but I do not have the second edition of RSC). @Spaniard gave the legends, and it is Serapis on the reverse.
     
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  5. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    It's RSC III 213 (2d ed. 1982), which = RIC 208(c). RSC 211 = RIC 208(a), and RSC 212 = RIC 208(b). Generally speaking, the updated editions of RSC list all the different types that RIC does, and often even more, at least in terms of breaking them out with different numbers.
     
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  6. curtislclay

    curtislclay Well-Known Member

    Donna,

    I think you meant "It's RSC (not RIC) III 213 (2nd ed. 1982), which = RIC 208(c)"?
     
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  7. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    Yes; thank you. Fixed.
     
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