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<p>[QUOTE="rexesq, post: 1191243, member: 5739"]<b>Caracalla Antoninianus</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Ah, great. Thank you that looks like a very helpful page, definitely one I will bookmark.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also just recently purchased this Serapis reverse Caracalla Antoninianus, back to my favorite area of Roman Coinage.... its beautiful in my opinion, and goes very nicely with one of my other Antoninianii of Caracalla I think, both being so well centered that is. The first one with the Serapis reverse weighs 5.03 grams, and the second one weighs 5.2 grams and has a very large flan, about the size of a US 25cent piece. I have another variation on the VENUS VICTRIX which has a 'seen from behind' bust and Venus holding a helmet (instead of Victory, like in this one) and two captives at her feet also, that one weighs 5.5 grams but has a thicker and smaller flan than the others... I am hoping to put together a set of the VENUS VICTRIX reverses with each of the bust types..... This VENUS VICTRIX with the frontal bust is my first one, and my favorite Caracalla Ant still.... but I sure do like this Serapis one...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rexesq, post: 1191243, member: 5739"][b]Caracalla Antoninianus[/b] Ah, great. Thank you that looks like a very helpful page, definitely one I will bookmark. I also just recently purchased this Serapis reverse Caracalla Antoninianus, back to my favorite area of Roman Coinage.... its beautiful in my opinion, and goes very nicely with one of my other Antoninianii of Caracalla I think, both being so well centered that is. The first one with the Serapis reverse weighs 5.03 grams, and the second one weighs 5.2 grams and has a very large flan, about the size of a US 25cent piece. I have another variation on the VENUS VICTRIX which has a 'seen from behind' bust and Venus holding a helmet (instead of Victory, like in this one) and two captives at her feet also, that one weighs 5.5 grams but has a thicker and smaller flan than the others... I am hoping to put together a set of the VENUS VICTRIX reverses with each of the bust types..... This VENUS VICTRIX with the frontal bust is my first one, and my favorite Caracalla Ant still.... but I sure do like this Serapis one...[/QUOTE]
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