ROME, CARACALLA, Denarius, 214-17, A MINT STATE BEAUTY
$789.00
RSC242 Laureate head facing rgt, ” ANTONINUS PIVS AVG GERM” . Rev: Apollo, half naked seated and resting against a lyre set on a tripod holder, his outstretched right arm holds a branch. “P M TR P XVII COS IIII P P. A superb mint state coin struck starting in 214 to celebrate his defeat of the Alamanni, a confederation of Germanic tribes that had broken through the Roman frontier in Raetia. CHBU wt 2.84 gr
RSC242 Laureate head facing rgt, ” ANTONINUS PIVS AVG GERM” . Rev: Apollo, half naked seated and resting against a lyre set on a tripod holder, his outstretched right arm holds a branch. “P M TR P XVII COS IIII P P. A superb mint state coin struck starting in 214 to celebrate his defeat of the Alamanni, a confederation of Germanic tribes that had broken through the Roman frontier in Raetia. CHBU wt 2.84 gr
