Caracalla. Denarius

Caracalla; 198-217 AD, Rome, 212 AD, Denarius, 3.39g. BM-73, C-104 (5 Fr.), RIC-214. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS - AVG BRIT Head laureate r. Rx: INDVLG FECVNDAE Orbis Terrarum, veiled and towered, seated l. on curule chair, extending r. hand and holding scepter. This type probably commemorates Caracalla's generosity (Indulgentia) in extending the Roman citizenship to all inhabitants of the Roman empire. Hence the World, towered as on Hadrian's RESTITVTORI ORBIS TERRARVM sestertius, is depicted sitting on the curule chair, symbolic of the consulship, praetorship, and curule aedileship, the highest offices open to Roman citizens.Reverse struck with worn die. Virtually Mint State