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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spaniard, post: 8263390, member: 90248&quot;]Just added this neat looking Denarius of Caracalla to my collection and thought I&#039;d share it here...Imo it has a really nice portrait but what actually drew me to this coin was its reverse...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1457653[/ATTACH] </p><p>Caracalla. 198-217 AD. AR Denarius (3.50 gm, 20mm). Rome mint. Struck 207 AD. </p><p>Obv.: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, aureate head right. </p><p>Rev.: PONTIF TRP X COS II, Caracalla standing facing, head right, holding reversed spear and parazonium; *at feet to left, river god reclining on urn right; to right, two bound captives seated left.* RIC 96; RSC 441. Nice VF.</p><p>22 specimens in the Reka Devnia hoard.</p><p><br /></p><p>*In relation to the seated figures as described above, being the most common description I see,&nbsp; there seems to be some controversy about who is being portrayed?</p><p>Rivergods / captives in varying quantities!?...</p><p>One interesting theory is that the two river gods left/right of the Emperor actually represent the rivers Eden and Tyne which Hadrians wall follows and the closest seated figure is in fact female and represents Brittania...</p><p><br /></p><p>On more detailed specimens it is clear that the outer figures left and right are not captives but are holding river reeds....</p><p><br /></p><p>Interested in others perception of what&#039;s being depicted on the reverse?</p><p><br /></p><p>And please feel free to post your coins of Caracalla....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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