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Message:: [QUOTE="gogili1977, post: 3139949, member: 86398"]My last purchase of Caracalla denarius. It seems to reflect the return of the Severan family to Rome (galley to the left) after nearly a five-year absence in the East, from the summer of 197 until the spring or summer of 202. The initial purpose of the journey was to wage war against the Parthians, during which they killed all of the men who remained in the capital Ctesiphon, gathered a great amount of booty, and took as slaves perhaps 100,000 women and children. The royal family then remained in the East until early 202, and began that year with Septimius Severus and Caracalla jointly assuming the consulate in Antioch. It was the first time they shared the honor, and it was also the first time in more than forty years that the two emperors were consuls. Not long after this ceremony, the royal family started its arduous journey back to Italy, proceeding by landing through Asia Minor to Bithynia, then crossing the Propontis into Thrace, and presumably tracking the Danube until they descended upon Italy. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. AR Denarius (3.1 gm). Struck 201-202 AD. Obv. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind. Rev. ADVENT AVGG, galley with rowers sailing left. RIC 120. [ATTACH=full]802549[/ATTACH] Post whatever you consider relevant and your galleys denarii.[/QUOTE]