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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 16883301, member: 85693&quot;]Interesting &quot;hog&quot; you have there [USER=57279]@Volante[/USER] .&nbsp; Severan silver confuses me - weights seem to run all over the place (compared to Antonine silver).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Caracalla that isn&#039;t as fat as yours, but at 3.5 grams, it is pretty chunky, especially given the wear:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1535069[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Caracalla&nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(197-198 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>M AVR ANTON CAES PONTIF, bare-headed and draped bust right / IMPERII FELICITAS, Felicitas standing left holding caduceus and child</p><p>RIC IV Caracalla 9; BMCRE 199; Cohen RSC 95.</p><p>(3.50 grams / 18 x 15 mm)</p><p>eBay Nov. 2022 </p><p><b>Die-Match Characteristics:</b></p><p><b>Obv.: </b> Top lip and nose close;prominent O at crown of head. </p><p><b>Rev.:</b>&nbsp; Caduceus between P/E.</p><p><b>Die-Match Obv. and Rev.:</b></p><p>UK Portable Antiquities Scheme Unique ID: YORYM-0954D1; from East Riding of Yorkshire (via OCRE example; photo is very poor). </p><p><br /></p><p>This one is even fatter - not quite up to 4 grams, but close:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1535070[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Caracalla Denarius</b></p><p><b>(196 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>M AVR ANTONINVS CAES, bare-headed draped &amp; cuirassed bust right / SPEI P[ER]PETVAE, Spes advancing left holding flower upright and raising skirt.</p><p>RIC IV Caracalla 5; BMCRE 190-192; RSC 594.</p><p>(3.89 grams / 18 x 16 mm)</p><p>eBay Oct. 2022&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $12.50</p><p><b>Die-Match Characteristics:</b></p><p><b>Obv.: </b> Bulbous nose, small, neat letters, break after O.</p><p><b>Rev.:</b>&nbsp; Crude/stylized Spes, with geometrical gap under arm/skirts; T resembles P (die wear/strike?)</p><p><b>Provenance: </b> Arrived in Wayte Raymond, Inc. paper envelope</p><p><b>Die-Match Obv. (?) and Rev.:</b></p><p>Vcoins store Coins-to-Medals, </p><p>hhttps://<a href="http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/coins_to_medals/37/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/coins_to_medals/37/" rel="nofollow">www.vcoins.com/en/stores/coins_to_medals/37/</a>...</p><p><b>Notes:</b>&nbsp; &quot;Back in Rome (early summer of 196) Caracalla was formally introduced to the Senate and the People as heir of Septimius Severus....the first five types on behalf of the young Caesar Antoninus, the future Caracalla.&nbsp; These are the types RIC IV-1 (Caracalla) 1, 2, 3, 4 &amp; 5. The five have the same obverse legend...around a bare&nbsp; bust of Caracalla: without wreath as </p><p>corresponds to his condition of Caesar.&quot; <a href="https://www.aeternitas-numismatics.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.aeternitas-numismatics.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.aeternitas-numismatics.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This one came in an old Wayte Raymond, Inc. paper envelope (incorrectly described as Geta, however): </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1535071[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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