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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 8266050, member: 57495"]That's an excellent younger portrait of Caracalla, and a very interesting reverse type. I'm lacking a coin which shows the transition from boy to murderous thug.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458452[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>CARACALLA</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.17g, 18.5mm. Rome mint, AD 201-202. RIC IV 120. O: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right. R: ADVENT AVGG, galley sailing left over waves, aquila at prow, two signa at stern; three oarsman on deck, officer in the middle saluting three seated imperial figures (Septimius Severus, Caracalla and Geta?).</p><p><i>Ex Stevex6 Collection, CNG E-Sale 352 (3 June 2015), lot 449; ex Dr. George Spradling Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458454[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>CARACALLA</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.24g, 19mm. Rome mint, AD 215. RIC 254. O: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head right. R: PM TR P XVIII COS IIII PP, Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch and lyre set on altar.</p><p><i>Ex Muschietti (Numismatica Walter Muschietti), purchased in 1956</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 8266050, member: 57495"]That's an excellent younger portrait of Caracalla, and a very interesting reverse type. I'm lacking a coin which shows the transition from boy to murderous thug. [ATTACH=full]1458452[/ATTACH] [B]CARACALLA[/B] AR Denarius. 3.17g, 18.5mm. Rome mint, AD 201-202. RIC IV 120. O: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right. R: ADVENT AVGG, galley sailing left over waves, aquila at prow, two signa at stern; three oarsman on deck, officer in the middle saluting three seated imperial figures (Septimius Severus, Caracalla and Geta?). [I]Ex Stevex6 Collection, CNG E-Sale 352 (3 June 2015), lot 449; ex Dr. George Spradling Collection[/I] [ATTACH=full]1458454[/ATTACH] [B]CARACALLA[/B] AR Denarius. 3.24g, 19mm. Rome mint, AD 215. RIC 254. O: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head right. R: PM TR P XVIII COS IIII PP, Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch and lyre set on altar. [I]Ex Muschietti (Numismatica Walter Muschietti), purchased in 1956[/I][/QUOTE]
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