Caracalla as Caesar, AD 196-198 – AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck AD 196-197

Obverse: M AVR ANTONINVS CAES, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right

Reverse: SEVERI AVG PII FIL, priestly implements of the pontificate: lituus, secespita (the knife, usually called cultellus), guttus (the jug, usually called capis), simpulum, aspergillum

• References: RIC IV 4; RSC 587.