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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DCCR, post: 4603593, member: 106566&quot;]Hi jamesicus,</p><p>&nbsp; you can see photos <a href="https://collectingancientcoins.co.uk/roman-coins-about-britain-septimius-severus-caracalla-and-geta-bridge-types/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectingancientcoins.co.uk/roman-coins-about-britain-septimius-severus-caracalla-and-geta-bridge-types/" rel="nofollow">here.</a> Caracalla&#039;s medallion doesn&#039;t seem to be available in photographic form online, but the British Museum have a photo of their electrotype copy.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the controversy about where the bridges might have been, there&#039;s a discussion <a href="https://collectingancientcoins.co.uk/roman-coins-about-britain-septimius-severus-caracalla-and-geta-more-about-the-bridge-coins-of-208-and-209-ad/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectingancientcoins.co.uk/roman-coins-about-britain-septimius-severus-caracalla-and-geta-more-about-the-bridge-coins-of-208-and-209-ad/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. We&#039;ll probably never know for sure where they were, or if they even existed at all, but some of the arguments against them being over the Forth or the Tay can be easily countered. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for Antoninus, or at least the Roman army,&nbsp; campaigning in modern day Scotland, the coins relating to that are standard Victory types. The coins with Britannia on them are not so clear cut. There are reasons to believe they might be celebrating a renewed peace and stability in the province, or that they were just part of a generic &quot;travel&quot; series mimicking Hadrians (although we know he didn&#039;t actually travel anywhere).&nbsp; Antoninus minted coins in 139 AD carrying the images of Africa, Alexandria, Asia, Cappadocia, Dacia, Hispania, Italia, Mauretania, Parthia, Phoenicia, Scythia, Sicilia, and Thracia, and minted a second batch in 140 AD consisting of Britainnia, Italia and Mauretania.</p><p><br /></p><p>More information on this is <a href="https://collectingancientcoins.co.uk/roman-coins-about-britain-antoninus/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectingancientcoins.co.uk/roman-coins-about-britain-antoninus/" rel="nofollow">here.</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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