Caracalla. 198-217 AD. Denarius, 2.81g (1h). New-style Eastern Mint, 202 AD. Obv: ANTONINVS - AVGVSTVS Bust laureate, draped right. Rx: P MAX T - R P IIII COS Togate Caracalla standing left, sacrificing from patera over tripod altar and holding roll. BM 727. Cohen 183 (5 Fr.). RIC 342a. Rare: only three specimens in Reka Devnia hoard. Minor marks in obverse fields. Good EF
This Eastern reverse legend is anomalous since on the official reckoning Caracalla's fourth tribunician year ended on 10 December 201 and he did not become consul until 1 January 202. P MAX should be interpreted as Parthicus Maximus, since Caracalla did not become Pontifex Maximus until after Septimius Severus died