Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 98 12 December 2016
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The Roman Empire
Caracalla, 198 – 217
Denarius, Laodicaea ad Mare 211, AR 3.22 g. ANTONINVS AVG PONT TR P III Laureate and draped bust of Caracalla r. Rev. P SEPT GETA CAES PONT Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta r. C 6 var. (Caracalla also cuirassed). BMC Severus 729 var. (also cuirassed). RIC 345.
Very rare. Light iridescent tone and extremely fine
On this coin we find the two brothers, Caracalla as augustus with his second portrait type, and Geta as caesar with his first. AMP.