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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 25630247, member: 87809&quot;]Caracalla, AR Denarius</p><p>Rome, 201 – 202 AD; struck under the authority of Septimius Severus</p><p><br /></p><p>18.5 mm, 6h</p><p>The flip doesn&#039;t have the weigh and I haven&#039;t weighted it yet.</p><p>RIC IV 120; RSC 3; RCV 6790; BMCRE 267;</p><p><br /></p><p>This denarius possibly commemorates the return of the Severan family to Rome after nearly a five-year absence in the East, from the summer of 197 until the spring or summer of 202 AD.</p><p>It was encapsulated by NGC, but I want to be able to hold coins in my hand, so I broke it free. Just kept the encapsulation note.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv.: <i>ANTONINVS PIVS AVG</i> laureate and draped bust of Caracalla to r.</p><p>Rev.: <i>ADVENT AVGG</i> galley sailing left over waves, <i>aquila </i>at prow, two signa at stern; three oarsmen on deck, officer in the middle saluting three seated imperial figures below the acrostolium (Septimius Severus, Caracalla and Geta?)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1639998[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you think about encapsulating ancient coins or freeing them?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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