Caracalla. Denarius

Caracalla; 198-217 AD, Rome, 211 AD, Denarius, 3.62g. C-7 (Paris, 10 Fr.), BM p. 370 (citing Cohen), RIC-212. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS - AVG BRIT Head laureate r. Rx: ADVENTVS - AVGVSTI around, Caracalla on horseback l., raising r. hand in greeting and holding transverse spear in l. hand. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Rauch, MBS 4, part lot 908. Rare: none in Reka Devnia hoard, about a dozen specimens known to C. Clay, including the three offered in this sale. Commemorates Caracalla's return to Rome, along with Geta and Julia Domna, after the death of Septimius Severus in York on 4 Feb. 211 AD.. EF