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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2444004, member: 76194&quot;]I won this coin on Agora Auctions today.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]509744[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="4"><b>Lot 57-175. Caracalla. A.D. 198-217. AR denarius. Rome mint, struck A.D. 201. </b></font></p><p>Caracalla. A.D. 198-217. AR denarius (19.1 mm, 3.50 g, 6 h). Rome mint, struck A.D. 201. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right / RECTOR ORBIS, Caracalla, as Sol, standing left, holding globe and reversed spear. RIC 141; BMCRE 289; RSC 545. Toned VF</p><p><br /></p><p>Other than Didius Julianus, Caracala is the only Emperor to have ever depicted himself as Sol with the appelation RECTOR ORBIS (Master of the World). This was a very vulgar statement, as the Emperor was depicting himself in the place of Sol, instead of paying homage to an image of the deity, and the self-aggrandizing inscription accompanying the depiction does not help either.&nbsp;&nbsp; Septimius Severus was the only other emperor to use RECTOR ORBIS for a coin, but the figure on the reverse as depicted appears to be Sol, and not the Emperor. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think it says a lot about Caligula&#039;s mindset and lack of modesty that he would chose to portray himself as Sol.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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