Caracalla as Caesar. Denarius

Caracalla as Caesar; 195-198 AD, New-style Eastern Mint, 197 AD, Denarius, 3.42g. BMC-p. 55, citing C. 597 (Paris), wrongly as mint of Rome. Obv: M AVR ANTON - CAES PONTI[F] Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust r. Rx: SPEI PER - PETVAE on l. and r., Spes advancing l., holding flower and raising skirt. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection, acquired from Andy Singer, April 2005. A rare new-style type, adding PONTIF to the obverse legend of the Rome-mint denarius that it copied. Represented by only one specimen in the Reka Devnia hoard.. MS