I seem to have fallen into the ancients recently and haven't bought many medievals. I'm sure I'll get back to them at some point. Anyway, just managed to photograph this Caracalla denarius which came in the mail about a week ago: Imperial Rome Caracalla, r. 198-217 A.D. (199 A.D.) Rome Mint, AR Denarius, 18.96 mm x 3.76 grams Obv.: IMP CAE M AVR ANT AVG P TR P II. Laureate, draped bust right Rev.: SPES PVBLICA. Spes advancing left holding flower and raising hem of skirt Ref.: RIC IV-1 Caracalla 28, p. 216 Looks like I may need to take another photo of the reverse. It looks a little out of focus... here are his friends:
You have quite the collection going there, congrats. I have a couple of Caracalla Pax reverse Serapis reverse
Nice addition @FitzNigel ! Keep pounding at those Ancients! LOL, just stay away from the BCE ones, I like to play in that sandbox a little more. I only have one Caracalla, and I do have his wife also... RI Caracalla 198-217 AR Denarius MONETA RI Plautilla 202-205 CE m Caracalla AR Denarius 3.7g Concordia patera scepter RIC 363
Fitz => congrats on adding that sweet Caracalla to your already cool collection! As always, I hate missing-out on an opportunity to let my boys out for a strut ... Caracalla - Young & Older
IMO, a basic Caracalla collection requires four coins: Rome mint Young Caesar Laodicea Young Rome under 10 Augustus Rome teen Rome adult Did I say 4? How about bronzes (gold?), Provincials (how many cities?) etc. ????? Caesar sestertius Young Rome AE as (Liber and Hercules) Adult Alexandria Caesarea Caesar drachm Beroea adult tetradrachm Counting never was my strong suite.
nice lookin' young caracalla FN! here's a teen caracalla provincial... i'll post my coin of his wife...
