New CARACALLA. 198-217 AD. AE-As (26mm, 10.32g). Struck 216 AD. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head right. / P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P around, S C in exergue, radiate lion walking left, holding thunderbolt in jaws. RIC IV (part 1), pg 306, #564a; Cohen 369. aVF, brown. I have long waiting for have one, a good example. waiting for the mail, vendor pics
Wow, that's a great design and a nice example, too. Wonder what it's like to carry a thunderbolt in one's mouth? Probably like tasering one's tongue, I suppose. Ow.
I've been avoiding giving you likes after you started begging for them, but that OP coin definitely deserves one. That lion reverse is amazing. Great buy.
i hope so thanks, from the begin, i had all not good feelings a trackingscode what not works 3 weeks ago and has never reached my country i have called them today , the postoffice where i live.
The Caracalla/radiate lion design also comes on an antoninianus: 22 mm. Stuck 215 AD. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, radiate bust right PM TRP XVIII COS IIII PP radiate lion walking left with thunderbolt in his mouth. RIC 273d. BMC 150. This is the first year of issue for this new antoninianus denomination. Hill 1497 says "R3" (very rare in hoards) "The radiate lion symbolizes the Emesan solar deity and religion to which the imperial family had ties through Julia Domna. It would attain much greater significance in Roman society under the rule of Elagabalus." [quoted from CNG 40]