The Roman Empire
Caracalla caesar, 195 – 198. Cistophoric tetradrachm, uncertain mint circa 198, AR 9.30 g. IM C M AVRAN –TONINVS AVG Laureate head r. Rev. MIN – ER – REGIN Minerva standing l., holding owl in r. hand and spear in l. BMC –. RIC –. Metcalf, The Severan 'Cistophori', in Rivista Italiana 1988, –.
An apparently unrecorded variety of an extremely rare type. Good very fine