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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;curtislclay, post: 4028608, member: 89514&quot;]There are two main varieties:</p><p><br /></p><p>Like yours, no BRIT on obv., no P M or P P on reverse, i.e. before Septimius died in Feb. 211. Misreported by RIC 483d-e as showing P M and P P on rev., which would be after Septimius&#039; death. These sestertii are mules, because they omit BRIT on obv., but are dated to 211 (TR P XIIII), whereas the denarii show that the three emperors all assumed the title BRIT in the course of the preceding year, 210 (Caracalla TR P XIII), so all coins dated 211 should have BRIT. I think these muled sestertii of Caracalla without BRIT all come from a single obv. die, with fold of cloak on front shoulder of portrait, but from at least half a dozen rev. dies. Your coin is from the expected obv. die, as also shown by BMC pl. 49.8-9, there coupled with two different VICTORIAE BRITTANNICAE S C rev. types.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second variety: BRIT on obv., P M and P P on rev., correctly described by RIC 483a-b. A fairly rare coin, struck from only one rev. die (BMC pl. 66.3), if I remember correctly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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