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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8351426, member: 110350&quot;]This appears to be the antoninianus version of [USER=90981]@Shea19[/USER]&#039;s denarius:</p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla AR Antoninianus, 215-217 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen half from behind, ANTONINUS PIUS AVG GERM / Rev. Venus standing left, holding scepter in left arm and Victory on right hand, resting left elbow on round shield set on helmet, VENUS -VIC-TRIX. RSC III 608(c), RIC IV-3 311(d), BMCRE 80-81, Sear RCV II 6784. 22x24 mm., 4.94 g. <i>Ex: Stephen M. Huston Sale 153, Lot 126 (ca. 1997).</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1481741[/ATTACH]</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>And here&#039;s a Venus on a denarius of Caracalla&#039;s wife:</p><p><br /></p><p>Plautilla (wife of Caracalla; issued under Septimius Severus &amp; Caracalla), AR Denarius, AD 202-205 [Sear: AD 204], Rome Mint. Obv. Draped bust right, hair in nearly vertical waves* and drawn into coiled plait at neck, PLAVTILLA AVGVSTA / Rev. Venus Victrix standing half-left, holding apple in outstretched right hand and palm frond in left hand, resting left arm on large oval shield set on ground; to left, Cupid standing left, holding helmet in outstretched left hand, VENVS VICTRIX. RIC IV (Caracalla) 369, RSC III (Plautilla) 25, Sear RCV II 7074 (ill. p. 549), BMCRE V (Septimius Severus &amp; Caracalla) 429 (p. 238).&nbsp; 19 mm., 3.65 g., 5 h. <i>Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, LLC (CNG) E-Auction 515, May 4, 2022, Lot 589.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1481742[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>*Another variety of the same type shows Plautilla&#039;s hair in horizontal waves.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next: another husband-and-wife pair of Roman coins with the same deity or personification portrayed on the reverse of each.</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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