Caracalla. 40-as

Caracalla; 198-217 AD, Rome, 203 AD, As, 12.63g. BM-832, pl. 50.3 (same obv. die. Obv: ANTONINVS PI[V]S - AVG [PONT] TR P VI Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed r. Rx: INDVLGEN - TIA - AVGG around, IN CARTH in exergue, S C below the lion's raised forelegs, Dea Caelestis seated facing, holding thunderbolt and scepter, riding lion leaping r. above water gushing from rocks. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Savoca Blue E14, 29 Dec. 2018. This is a rare variant with TR P VI in obverse legend, and on reverse the goddess faces rather than looks r., and holds thunderbolt rather than drum in r. hand. This is only the fifth such As known to Curtis Clay, and it comes from the same die pair as the other four examples.. Fine