WCNC CARACALLA horseback Denarius XF


 ROMAN EMPIRE
 CARACALLA
 Born Septimius Bassanus,
 by AD 196 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
 Called by the name Caracalla after AD 193
 Emperor AD 198-217
 SILVER DENARIUS
 (3.09 grams, 18.37 mm)
 Obverse: ANTONINVS PIUS AVG, His young laureate head right
 Reverse: PONTIF.TR.P.VIIII COS.II, Caracalla holding spear, on 
 horseback
 prancing right

 Reference: Sear -, Van Meter 71/2
 Grade: Extremely Fine
 High relief portrait. Choice reverse slightly off-center
 Clean nice planchet. Light toning
 A very nice coin in hand and a scarcer type!