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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 5132085, member: 96898&quot;]Nice write-up and coins! I especially like your Septimius Severus sestertius – it has an especially nice portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>This early denarius shows Caracalla as a sweet little boy and proclaims him the &quot;happiness of the Empire&quot; (<i>imperii felicitas</i>) on the reverse. I guess that was wishful thinking:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1204149[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Caracalla, Roman Empire, denarius, 196–198 AD, Rome mint. Obv: M AVR ANTON CAES PONTIF; bareheaded bust of Caracalla r. Rev: IMPERII FELICITAS; Felicitas standing l., holding caduceus and child. 18mm, 3.53g. Ref: RIC IV,1 Caracalla 9.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a denarius from Caracalla&#039;s early years as augustus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1204148[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Caracalla, Roman Empire, denarius, 210–213 AD, Rome mint. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head of Caracalla r. Rev: PROVIDENTIAE DEORVM, Providence standing l., holding baton and scepter, globe at feet l. 19mm, 3.07g. Ref: RIC IV–1 227.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>On this later coin, he looks much more mean and menacing:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1204147[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Caracalla, Roman Empire, denarius, 215 AD, Rome mint. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM; laureate head of Caracalla r. Rev: P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P; Apollo, naked except for cloak flying behind, standing l., holding branch in extended r. hand and with l. hand lyre set on altar. 21mm, 3.04g. Ref: RIC IV Caracalla 254.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, as you mentioned above, Caracalla introduced the double-denarius that we today refer to as an &quot;antoninianus.&quot; The coin was massively overvalued:</p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1204146[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Caracalla, Roman Empire, AR antoninianus, 213–217 AD, Rome mint. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM; bust of Caracalla, radiate, draped, cuirassed, r. Rev: VENVS VICTRIX; Venus, draped, standing l., holding Victory in extended r. hand and spear in l. hand, leaning on shield. 23mm, 4.60g. Ref: RIC IV Caracalla 311C. Ex JAZ Numismatics, Ex Mat collection.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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