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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rexesq, post: 1514669, member: 5739&quot;]<b>More Coins!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice one <u>Ripley</u> That is a style I still do not have, the young bust.... or any with a bare head, cool... Very nice portrait, beautiful in fact, of the young Emperor. I like it alot. I need to start thinking about getting a young bust one of Him.... I only have one Denarius of Caracalla, the &#039;PROFECTIO AUG&#039; one with the emperor standing with two standards behind him on the reverse, there is another type with the emperor standing, and a standard bearer (a soldier holding the standard) standing behind him holding one of the two standards, that type is fairly rare I believe, but both are popular, and I just love mine, the toning, the portrait.... the price I paid for it many years back heh. I have several of his Antoninianii, which are one of my favorite types to collect (Antoninianii of Caracalla, Macrinus and Elagabalus) The ones struck in that brief period before Severus Alexander became Emperor and did not strike any. I always loved the radiate bust.... like the Statue of Liberty&#039;s crown.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some pics of my other favorite Caracalla coins, I thought this thread would get more response with people eager to share their Caracalla coins, since he is such a popular Emperor for collectors, and struck many coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first two are pics of my one and only Caracalla Denarius &#039;PROFECTIO AUG&#039; reverse. The third is a pic of one of my favorite Caracalla Antoninianii (a BIG, heavy and very well centered one!) with the Denarius next to it to show size. Fourth Photo is the obv and rev of that same Caracalla Antoninianii &#039; VENUS VICTRIX &#039; Note how you can even see some of the design on the Sheild on the reverse, a very nice example, and one of the stars of my collection of all Roman Coins. It also has a rarer &#039;Laureate Bust right, draped and cuirassed, <b>Seen from the front</b>&#039;, which is much much less common than the regular(most common) bust types, like in the next Caracalla Ant in the next photo, note the differences. Fifth photo is another Caracalla Antoninianus, with a &#039;Laureate bust right, draped, seen from behind. This one has Serapis on the reverse and the titles &#039; PM TR P XVIII COS IIII PP &#039; denoting the emperor&#039;s titles and years as emperor. It shows Serapis holding one hand up, and holding a sceptre in the other.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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