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| Caracalla (AD 198-217) Æ Limes Denarius / Jupiter |
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Attribution: cf. RIC IV 240 Rome
Date: AD 214
Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head right
Reverse: PM TR P XVII COS IIII P P, Jupiter standing left holding thunderbolt and long scepter, eagle at feet
Size: 18.13mm
Weight: 2.55 grams
Rarity:  5
Description: VF. Limes denarii were struck by official mints in bronze or billon generally on the northern frontier where silver was scarce. Many times they are mules with mismatched obverse and reverse dies. They were still valuated as a denarius. Many times the weak strikes are attributed to the use of old dies sent to the frontier to be used once they were too worn for Imperial use. An interesting part of Roman history
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