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Caracalla as Caesar. Denarius; Caracalla as Caesar; 195-198 AD, Denarius, Rome, 197 AD, 3.09g. BM-194, C-53 (12 Fr.), RIC-6 var. Rx: DESTINATO IMPERAT Lituus, apex (priestly cap), bucranium (skull of sacrificed bull), ladle. The reverse calls Caracalla "emperor to be", a title accorded otherwise only to Titus as Caesar. The bucranium, here depicted with a beaded band tied around the bull's forehead and hanging down on both sides, is an unusual priestly attribute on Roman coins, otherwise occurring only on a small medallion of Commodus Caesar (BM pl. 84,13) and on the aureus and denarius of Augustus once attributed to Gaius Caesar (BM pl. 17,14-15; see H. Dressel, Röm. Medaillone...zu Berlin, pp. 115-8).. F

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