Description
Denomination: Silver denarius
Period: Roman imperial
Date: AD 200
Origin: Rome mint
Condition: VF with good portrait. but with flan splits and small area of corrosion
Obverse: Laureate head. right. ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS
Reverse: Caracalla standing naked to left. cloak over left shoulder. holding globe and resting on spear. PONTIF TR P III
Size and Weight: 19mm. 2.23g
References: S6857. RIC 30a
Features and Provenance: Caracalla reigned as emperor from AD 198 -217. At birth he was named Lucius Septmius Bassianus. being renamed Marcus Aurelius Antoninus at the age of seven. He became known as Caracalla due to the Gallic hooded tunic he constantly wore of the same name.
On a numismatic note. he debased the coinage in an attempt to pay his debts. By reducing the amount of silver and increasing the amount of copper in a coin he could effectively pocket the difference. At the beginning of his reign the silver content had been 55%. by the end it was 51%. He also introduced the antoninianus denomination. which was intended to be equivalent to two denarii. but with the silver content being so low it was worth only 1.5 denarii; this led to people hoarding the earlier coins because of the higher silver content. resulting in higher inflation and making matters worse.
Condition Summary. This varies with the age of coin and there are grades inbetween
Uncirculated (U). As struck with no traces of wear
Extremely Fine (EF). Very slight traces of wear. all parts of legend etc present. visible and clear
Very Fine (VF). Some signs of wear on the higher parts of the relief. all parts of legend etc present. but maybe worn
Fine (F). Wear on the coin and parts of legend etc may be missing or not visible
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