Caracalla Denarius A.D. 216, Rome.
$275
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Obverse: Laureate head of Caracalla to right.
Legend: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM.
Reverse: Serapis standing front, head to left, raising his right hand in salute and holding sceptrein his left.
Serapis was a major Graeco-Egyptian deity created by Ptolemy I to unite Greek and Egyptian subjects, later adopted by the Romans as a powerful god of healing, the sun, and fertility.
Catalogue: BMC 168; Cohen 348; RIC 280c; RSC 348.
Providence: Kent collection of Ancient coins. Ex; RA647, Bob Alkise, U.S.A. This coin comes with the old holder.
Silver: 2.99g, 20mm.
Grade: EF.
