Caracalla AR Denarius. Rome, AD 208. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / PONTIF TR P XI COS III, Mars in fighting stance to right, holding spear and shield. RIC IV 100; BMCRE 569 (Septimius and Caracalla); RSC 447. 3.17g, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine; minor flan crack, beautiful old cabinet tone with hints of blue iridescence.
Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group Inc., 2008.