3 portraits of Caracalla

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1 Young Caracalla denarius ca 208 A.D.
Obv ANTONINUS PIUS AUG. ; laurate bust right
Rev PART MAX PONT TRP lll ; two captives with trophy

2 Caracalla denarius, ca. 213 A.D.
Obv ANTONINUS PIUS AUG BRIT ; laurate bust right
Rev PM TR P XV COS lll PP ; Serapis

3 Caracalla denarius 210/212 A.D.
Obv ANTONINUS PIUS AUG BRIT ; laurate bust right
Rev MARTI PROPVGNATORI ; Mars holding spear and trophy

 

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Nice ones @Ivo.

 

Mooie set Ivo, bravissimo

I think I need a bearded Caracalla :

 

Three wonderful coins, @Ivo! The middle portrait is particularly interesting and unusual.

 

Very well presented!! Alas I have only one Caracalla, but I love it!!

 

Very nice @Ivo ! Nice portraits of this guy.

I only have a couple. I like to find Quinarii, as everyone seems to have Denarii...


RI Caracalla 198-217 AR Quinarius CE 213 1.3g 13.6mm Laureate - Victory Wreath Palm RIC IV 101 RSC 450 RARE


RI Caracalla 198-217 AR Denarius MONETA

 

My most unusual Caracalla is possibly barbarous. The reverse looks like an wrn out Emesa mint BONI EVENTVS die (which does not exist for Caracalla). The obverse is a young Caesar. The dreamer in me asks if this was made by unemployed staff from Emesa but more likely it is just a barbarous mule.


On the other end is the posthumous sestertius (ex bronze disease). Was he really god material?

 

Some super portraits in this thread! All three in the OP (like TIF I find the middle one especially intriguing), @Bing's young man w/Mars reverse, @Andres2's psychedelic eye, @Nathan401's very well-groomed one and @Alegandron's super bushy one, and @gogili1977's young boy and neat arched eyebrow. I look forward to the rest of the thread.

 

Probably my most interesting portrait of Caracalla:


Imperial Rome
Caracalla, r. 198-217 (215 A.D.)
Rome Mint, AR Denarius, 19.52 mm x 3.43 grams
Obv.: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, Laureate Head right
Rev.: P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, Pax standing left, branch in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left
Ref.: RIC IV-1 Caracalla 268 p. 251

I have a fairly handsome young portrait as well:

Imperial Rome
Caracalla, r. 198-217 A.D. (201 A.D.)
Rome Mint, AR Denarius, 20.7 mm x 2.93 grams
Obv.: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG. Laureate draped bust right
Rev.: PART.MAX.PONT.TR.P.IIII. Two captives seated right and left, mourning at foot of trophy
Ref.: RIC IV-1 Caracalla 54b, p. 220

And of course, I love this provincial:

Provincial Rome - Phrygia
Caracalla, r. 198-217 A.D.
Hieropolis, AE30, 30 mm x 12.36 grams
Obv.: AV K M AVP ANTΩNΕINO/C. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev.: ΙΕ POΠ ΛEITΩN. Nemesis, wearing polos, standing facing, head right, holding rein or halter. To right Serapis, enthroned left with Cerberus at feet.

I’m slowly working on building a Caracalla portrait collection with one imperial mint coin for each year of his reign, then filling in the remainder if my binder with interesting or rare provincials...

 

caracalla out my collection

 

Great coins, I like the young coin pics of Caracalla and Geta (but do not have any). He aged a lot from 208 to 210 if the coin dates match what he looked like when the coins were produced.
I think it is like the picture of our son on our wall that makes him say: "Dad, do you still have that picture of me?"

 

Nice denarii, @Ivo ! Great to see you posting your ancients!

 

Great coins all

 

I also have three types:
Little boy:

Teenager:

(Broked due the silver crystallization)

Bloodthirsty bearded beast:

 

Here's my antoninianus...

 

Caracalla was born in 188 A.D and died in 211 A.D. He was about 33 years old when he was murdered.

In 197, ca 10 years old, he became co-regency with his father Septimius Severus.


On top of this item, there are three Caracalla denarii, each with different time- portraits of Caracalla.

As an addition on these three denarii , I found portrait of Caracalla 201-206 A.D.
so in his late adolescence.

Obv.: ANTONINUS PIUS AUG, laureate bust of adolescent Caracalla
Rev.: VOTA SUSCEPTA , emperor as priest sacrificing


It’s not easy to make an adolescence portrait…I admire the artist who made it and I’m glad to have this coin

 

He has an evil countenance even as a child in his last issue as Caesar before being elevated to Augustus (AD 198):


Caracalla as Caesar, AD 196-198.
Roman AR denarius, 2.46 g, 18.5 mm.
Rome, AD 198.
Obv: M AVR ANTON CAES PONTIF, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: FIDES PVBLICA, Fides standing right, holding grain ears and dish of fruits.
Refs: RIC 8, Cohen 83; Hill 321.

And he looks even more like a thug in this portrait, one of the last issued during his reign:


Caracalla, AD 198-217.
Roman AR denarius, 2.9g, 19mm, 6h.
Rome, issue 10, AD 217.
Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head right.
Rev: PM TRP XX COS IIII PP; Serapis, wearing polos on head, standing facing, head left, holding wreath and scepter.
Refs: RIC 289c; BMCRE 188; Cohen/RSC 382; RCV 6846; Hill 1586.
Notes: Ex-JAZ Numismatics, ex- @Sallent collection (who originally obtained it from JAZ Numismatics).

 

One of the familial Victory over Britannia series:


RIC Vol. IV, CARACALLA, Denarius, No. 231a
Obverse: Caracalla, Laureate head facing right
Inscription clockwise from bottom: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT
Reverse: winged Victory advancing right holding trophy
Inscription: VICTORIAE BRIT

 

Hope you enjoy it. Your purchase of my coins helped finance a new finder scope for my telescope.