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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 26289741, member: 101855&quot;]The grey toning on this denarius of Caracalla attracted me at the Summer FUN Show. When I had a chance to study it, I found that a Roman god I had not found before, Aesculapius, was on the reverse. He is the Roman god of medicine and healing. </p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately the reverse is not sharply struck. If you look carefully to the left, you will see that Aesculapius is holding a cane on the left with a snake coiled around it. Maybe some day I&#039;ll find a better struck piece which features this god. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1679095[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1679096[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Denarius of Caracalla: Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM “Antoninus (name he used) dutiful and patriotic Augustus conqueror of Germany” Reverse: P M TR P XV III COS III II P P “High priest, holder of tribunician power for the 15th time, consul for the third time, father of the nation.” Aesculapius (god of medicine and healing) leaning on a serpent entwined staff with banded globe at his feet. RIC 251[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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