Name: Caracalla as Caesar, AR Denarius, Rome, AD 196–198
Brand: Helveticoins
SKU: caracalla-als-caesar-ar-denar-rom-196-bcb6cf42
Price: 40.49 CHF
Availability: InStock

Caracalla as Caesar, AR Denarius, Rome, AD 196–198

44.99 CHF

40.49 CHF

Obverse: M AVR ANTON CAES PONTIF – draped, bare-headed bust right. Reverse: IMPERII FELICITAS – Felicitas standing left, holding a caduceus and a child in her arms (RIC IV 9; sometimes interpreted in literature as Pietas). Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) was made Caesar in 196 and Augustus in 198. After his father Septimius Severus died, he had his brother Geta killed in 211; in 212 he issued the Constitutio Antoniniana, granting Roman citizenship to most free inhabitants of the empire.

Category: Roman
Grading

Brilliant uncirculated – No signs of wear, freshly struck, highest quality.

Proof – Mirror finish with frosted and glossy fields. Collector’s edition.

Extremely fine – Minor wear, nearly all details preserved.

Very fine – Moderate circulation wear, some details worn, but visible.

Fine – Heavy wear, key elements still distinguishable.

Fair – Very heavy wear, outlines barely visible.

Poor – Only contours visible, almost no detail.

Fragment – Nearly destroyed, only a fragment recognizable as a coin.