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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3190505, member: 74834&quot;]Caracalla is very strong with his portraits. Here are a few of mine, starting with a brockage (Provincial, possibly Moesia) with a fine green patina. The reverse was tooled, apparently.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]823476[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A denarius of young Antoninus as a boy, 202 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]823477[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This one shows the caesar as a youngster, too, but with a nasty look (my interpretation): </p><p>Caracalla 211-217, AE17 Nicopolis, Moesia Inferior. Obv.: Laureated bust r. AVT K M AVPH ANT NEINOC. Rev.: Star with 8 rays. NIKOPOLITWN PROC ICTP. 18 mm, 3.42 gr. Moushmov 1097.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]823482[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a scowling tetradrachm from Hierapolis in Cyrrhestica, thriving in the third century, afterwards conquered by many adversaries and floundering. Now the unhappy town of Manbij, Northern Syria, is placed upon its lands. The lion between the feet of the eagle is the symbol of the Roman Fourth Legion, one of the legions that supported Caracalla&#039;s father Septimius Severus in his bid for power, only twenty years before Caracalla&#039;s reign.</p><p>Caracalla 211-217, AR tetradrachm, Hierapolis, Cyrrhestica (now Manbij, North Syria), issued 215-217. Obv.: Laureated and cuirassed bust t.r. Nasty look. Rev.: Eagle facing, head r., wreath in beak. Lion between its legs.&nbsp; DHMARX EX YPATOC TO D. 27.5 mm, 14.5 gr. Prieur 929.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]823486[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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