Beschreibung
Material: Silber
Gewicht: 3,15 g
Caracalla as Caesar; 195-198 AD, Rome, 195-6 AD, Denarius, 3.15g. BM-186 corr. Obv: M AVR ANTONINVS CAES Bare-headed, draped bust r., seen from front. Rx: SEVERI AV[G]PII FIL on l. and r., Priestly implements: lituus, knife, tall pitcher, ladle, sprinkler. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection. Bust seen from front is considerably scarcer on this denarius than bust seen from behind. BMC pp. 50-51 fails to point out that only one of the museums five specimens of this denarius, no. 186, shows the scarcer seen from front portrait.. EF
