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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 118730, member: 4298&quot;]Ahem..</p><p>This is a denarius of Caracalla.</p><p>IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, Laureate head of Caracalla right</p><p>LIBERTAS AVG, Liberty standing, holding pileus and sceptre.</p><p>Ref : see RCV vol II # 6817, Cohen vol IV # 144 (Caracalla)</p><p><br /></p><p>To justify is rights of being emperor, Septimius Severus pretended to be an heir of Antoninus Pius, and adopted himself into the antonine dynasty. After that he changed the name of his elder son from SEPTIMIUS BASSIANUS to MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS. The reason why on many coins of Caracalla (the same guy&#039;s nickname) you find that name</p><p><br /></p><p>Cucumbor[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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