Caracalla Denarius

I thought it was a bit slow today on the forum so I went searching thru my phone and hard drive for some unposted coins, it took me a while but here is a nice one.
Here is an old Caracalla denarius I bought awhile back (it was one of my first denarii). I don't remember the weight but it's a
VOTA SUSCEPTA X denarius, struck circa 202 CE.

Please post your coins of Caracalla!

 

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Looks like it is a nice coin, but the images are hard to see.

Yeah, I'm not so sure very many are around today. Maybe later.

 

Sorry about the pics, they are from 2013

 

Sorry I do not have any coins of Caracalla, but I would enjoy watching others post their examples.

 

The flips seem to say XF, so I'm sure it's a very nice example.....

I have two coin types of Caracalla if I 'recall correctly' (at my age that's an open question LOL)...

An ANT I recently won with his typical scowl and an 'old' denarius as a youthful Caesar----looks kind of sweet doesn't he LOL

 

Well here are some pics of the "common enemy of mankind" to go along with my crappy pics!

 

WOW, those are absolutely amazing sculptures----incredibly lifelike!!

Are they displayed in a museum in Rome?? Elsewhere in Italy ??

 

Yes! They are in the Capitoline Museum and the Baths of Diocletian in Rome. I saw these exact portraits when I was there, but these are not my pics. All credit goes to William Storage and Laura Maish for these amazing pics.

 

Thanks for tracking-down one of your sweet not-yet-posted Caracalla examples, Mag Max ...

... geesh, I don't have any of those thingies ... all I own are these two posted-way-too-many-times Caracalla examples!! (but I still love 'em!!)


Caracalla AR Denarius



Caracalla AR Antoninianus

 

Coins of Caracalla you say? Here's a couple:


Marcianopolis, Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE27, 10.2g, 6h.
Obv.: ΠIOC AVΓ ANTΩNINOC; Laureate head right, seen from behind.
Rev.: YΠ KYNTIΛIANOY MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN (Quintillianus magistrate); Eagle standing left on globe, head right, holding wreath.
Reference: ANMG I 643; Varbanov I 963, p. 126, R3


Caracalla, AD 198-217
AR denarius, 3.01g, 20mm, 6h; Rome mint, AD 210-213.
Obv.: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT; laureate head right.
Rev.: MONETA AVG; Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopia.
Reference: RIC IVa Caracalla 224, p. 244.

 

Hey, I've got two Caracallas! First ancients I bought back in 2000 (for about $40 each if I remember correctly...). As always, forgive my lack of photography skills...


Caracalla, 198-217 A.D. (211)
AR Denarius, 17.5mm x 2.8 grams
Obv.: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head right
Rev.: PM TR P XIIII COS III P P, Pax running left holding branch and scepter
Ref.: RIC 184 ; Sear5 6824


Caracalla, 198-217 A.D. (205)
AR Denarius, 17mm x 3.3 grams
Obv.: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, Laureate bust right, draped
Rev.: LIBERALITAS AVGG V, Liberalitus standing left, holding abacus and cornucopia
Ref.: RIC 1366
Notes: Fifth donation of money to the people

 

Not that I'm in any position to judge, but your photos look good...out of the two I like the top one the best.

 

Wow! Those are some nice coins guys!
Keep em coming!

 

Thanks Jwt! The top one is my favorite too, since that was my first. The ancients caught my eye because the seller had one of the elephant Caesars for sale - it was $300 though, which was a little too much for me at the time (wish I had pounced on it though, because it was in great shape, and the equivalent how seems to be twice the price). I had to have a Roman coin though, and that one just called to me!

 

That's how it starts and that's a great choice for a first! Have you been at ancients very long? I've only been serious since the summer.

 

Well, I bought this one in 2000, and had bought various other ancient and medieval coins from then until about 2005. I essentially had to leave the hobby at that point (excepting the yearly releases of modern coins, which I kept up with), and have only gotten back into it now. My coin collecting "dark ages" was due to my money going towards my education, then struggling to find work after. I'm in a better place now and can rejoin the hobby! (but still somewhat limited by my massive student loans...)

 

Caracalla is such a special opportunity to record his progress and demise from kid to killer.
As Caesar:

 

yah => he certainly does seem to have a whole lotta faces, eh?

=> great coins ..... cool thread

 

Nice Caracallas, all! He has so many coins-- interesting reverses, varied portraits-- collecting his coins could be a full-time specialty.

Looks like I only have one at the moment, a perfectly ordinary but nice denarius from a mixed lot.


Caracalla, 198-217 AD
Rome, struck 215 AD
AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.8 gm
Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head right (looks like GURM instead of GERM)
Rev: PM TRP XVIII COS IIII, Fides standing left holding two standards
Ref: RIC 266, RSC 315, BMC 143