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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2444391, member: 76194&quot;]Sol is radiate on the Septimius version, as it was a representation of Sol, but laureate with the Didius Julianus and Caracala versions as it represented the Emperors themselves. Didius Julianus did that because he was arrogant and thought his money, which bought him his throne, could buy him anything including diviniy. He learned after 9 weeks just how mistaken he was. Caracala was co-Emperor, so he may have been 12, but weilded a lot of power at that age and could certainly choose how he wanted to be depicted by the mint. Give a 12 year old that kind of power and what do you expect?</p><p><br /></p><p>And let&#039;s face it, as cool as I think Caracala was, even I have to admit he wasn&#039;t mentally all there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ultimately I got the info out of a book from the 19th century. Where the writer got the knowledge who really knows. A lot of what we think about these coins comes from interpretations from antiquarians and numismatists from the 17th through 19th century who researched these things. They could have always gotten something wrong.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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