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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2144879, member: 19463&quot;]The coin commemorates the public donatives of Caracalla where he passed out money to citizens.&nbsp; He did this several times over his reign but the coins had a Roman numeral at the end of the reverse legend telling which.&nbsp; Coins with BRIT on the obverse could be VI - VIII but the portrait makes me think it more likely to be VIII.&nbsp; Just a guess.&nbsp; Denarii were issued simultaneously with antoniniani under Caracalla but this coin is probably just before the new coin came out. I see no reason from the photos that the coin is not genuine but just so badly abused that it really is not possible to tell.&nbsp; In this grade, the market would not care between solid and fourree.&nbsp;&nbsp; For comparison, I&#039;ll show a later one with LIBERALITAS VIIII and GERM rather than BRIT on the obverse.&nbsp; Shortly after Septimius died, Caracalla redirected his efforts from Britain to Germany and changed the obverse designation. [ATTACH=full]410790[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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