They look like plating blisters to me. Wrong size and font to be letters.
An interesting, although more sinister use of this reverse. Under Caracalla it was to celebrate the restoration of the water supply to Carthage. A...
@Eduard , lovely selection of AP
New this morning. Photo doesn´t do justice to the exquisite luster. Ref Caracalla AR Denarius, Rome 19 mm. 2,94 g. RIC 130a, RSC 97, BMC 280...
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If it was in the right place it would be above the memorial, not near the base of the pillars. The 9 looks longer because of how the hit spread...
Sorry, the new pics have not changed my opinion. Damage, plating issues and struck with a deteriorated die.
Hi, and welcome to CT. I am not seeing any signs of DDO or DDR. The 9 in the date was hit and damaged. There is no way the mintmark can be showing...
Typo. It is correctly entered in my OP, 152-153CE
Just updated due to an incorrect attribution by the dealer. TR P XVI, COS IIII RIC 221 was struck 252-253 CE not 148-149 CE
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