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Caracalla. A.D. 198-217. AR denarius. Rome, A.D. 203. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust of Caracalla right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG / IN CARTH, Dea Caelestis seated facing head r. on lion galloping right over rushing waters, holding thunderbolt and scepter. RIC 130; BMCRE 280; RSC 97.
Very unusual reverse : coins minted in Rome are supposed to celebrate events concerning Rome and the citizens living in Rome. This one advertises the pardoning of the tax debts of Carthage, as if Romans gave a damn!


Caracalla; 198-217 AD, Rome, 216 AD, Antoninianus. BM-170, C-358, RIC-281a. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, Bust radiate, draped r. Rev: P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P, Sol standing r., head l., raising r. hand and holding globe in l..
Sol on the reverse means the Orient. In 216 AD the emperor was in Orient, fighting the Parthians.

 

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