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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 6230364, member: 57495"]I couldn't agree more, except that for me, often the reverses are the attraction rather than the obverses. That said, the range of portraits we have for Caracalla - from innocent cherub all the way to murderous thug - makes a good argument to collect his coins by obverses as well. Nice coin, btw!</p><p><br /></p><p>A few of my favorites:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246406[/ATTACH]<b>CARACALLA</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.17g, 18.5mm. Rome mint, AD 201-202. RIC IV 120. O: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right. R: ADVENT AVGG, galley sailing left over waves, aquila at prow, two signa at stern; three oarsman on deck, officer in the middle saluting three seated imperial figures (Septimius Severus, Caracalla and Geta?). </p><p><i>Ex [USER=44183]@stevex6[/USER] Collection, CNG E-Sale 352 (3 June 2015), lot 449; ex Dr. George Spradling Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246405[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CARACALLA</b></p><p>AR Antoninianus. 5.18g, 23.6mm. Rome mint, AD 217. RIC IV 284a corr. (draped and cuirassed; see plate); RSC 396a. O: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. R: P M TR P XX COS IIII P P, Luna Lucifera wearing crescent on head, fold of drapery in circle round head, holding reins and driving galloping biga of bulls left.</p><p><i>Ex Michael Kelly Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246408[/ATTACH]<b>CARACALLA</b></p><p>AE32. 17.31g, 32.3mm. PONTUS, Amasia, dated CY 208 (AD 208/9). SNG Cop 112; Dalaison 385. O: AV KAI M AVΡ ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: AΔΡ CEV ANT AMACEIAC MH NE ΠΡ ΠO, High altar (of Zeus Stratios) surmounted by smaller flaming altar; tree to left, ET CH (date) in exergue. </p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246409[/ATTACH]<b>CARACALLA [with GETA]</b></p><p>AE38. 28.75g, 38mm. CARIA, STRATONICAEA, circa AD 209-211. Epitynchanontos, prytanis. SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG München –; SNG Tübingen –; cf. CNG 100, lot 1728; for c/m: Howgego 84. O: [AV K M AVP] ANTΩ[NINOC C Λ CЄ ΓЄTA]C K, Confronted busts of [Geta – erased as result of <i>damnatio memoriae</i>] right and Caracalla left, both laureate, draped, and cuirassed; c/m: Bust of Caracalla right within incuse circle. R: ЄΠI ΠPV ЄΠITVNKANONTOC Γ ΦΙΛΩNOC CTPAT[ONIKЄΩN], Hecate standing facing, head left, sacrificing from patera [over altar] and holding torch.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 6230364, member: 57495"]I couldn't agree more, except that for me, often the reverses are the attraction rather than the obverses. That said, the range of portraits we have for Caracalla - from innocent cherub all the way to murderous thug - makes a good argument to collect his coins by obverses as well. Nice coin, btw! A few of my favorites: [ATTACH=full]1246406[/ATTACH][B]CARACALLA[/B] AR Denarius. 3.17g, 18.5mm. Rome mint, AD 201-202. RIC IV 120. O: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right. R: ADVENT AVGG, galley sailing left over waves, aquila at prow, two signa at stern; three oarsman on deck, officer in the middle saluting three seated imperial figures (Septimius Severus, Caracalla and Geta?). [I]Ex [USER=44183]@stevex6[/USER] Collection, CNG E-Sale 352 (3 June 2015), lot 449; ex Dr. George Spradling Collection[/I] [ATTACH=full]1246405[/ATTACH] [B]CARACALLA[/B] AR Antoninianus. 5.18g, 23.6mm. Rome mint, AD 217. RIC IV 284a corr. (draped and cuirassed; see plate); RSC 396a. O: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. R: P M TR P XX COS IIII P P, Luna Lucifera wearing crescent on head, fold of drapery in circle round head, holding reins and driving galloping biga of bulls left. [I]Ex Michael Kelly Collection[/I] [ATTACH=full]1246408[/ATTACH][B]CARACALLA[/B] AE32. 17.31g, 32.3mm. PONTUS, Amasia, dated CY 208 (AD 208/9). SNG Cop 112; Dalaison 385. O: AV KAI M AVΡ ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: AΔΡ CEV ANT AMACEIAC MH NE ΠΡ ΠO, High altar (of Zeus Stratios) surmounted by smaller flaming altar; tree to left, ET CH (date) in exergue. [ATTACH=full]1246409[/ATTACH][B]CARACALLA [with GETA][/B] AE38. 28.75g, 38mm. CARIA, STRATONICAEA, circa AD 209-211. Epitynchanontos, prytanis. SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG München –; SNG Tübingen –; cf. CNG 100, lot 1728; for c/m: Howgego 84. O: [AV K M AVP] ANTΩ[NINOC C Λ CЄ ΓЄTA]C K, Confronted busts of [Geta – erased as result of [I]damnatio memoriae[/I]] right and Caracalla left, both laureate, draped, and cuirassed; c/m: Bust of Caracalla right within incuse circle. R: ЄΠI ΠPV ЄΠITVNKANONTOC Γ ΦΙΛΩNOC CTPAT[ONIKЄΩN], Hecate standing facing, head left, sacrificing from patera [over altar] and holding torch.[/QUOTE]
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