AR Denarius 17.75mm 3.10g
212 CE
Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head right
Reverse: P M TR P XV COS III P P. Salus seated left, holding cornucopia and feeding serpent from patera
RIC IV 196 Rome
Rome 198-217 CE
Æ Fourreé Denarius 19mm, 2,42g
Rome 198-217 CE
Denarius AR 20mm, 2,30g
Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT. Head of Caracalla, laureate, bearded, right.
Rev: MONETA AVG. Moneta, draped, standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.
Ref: RIC 224; BMC 90; RSC 165
215 CE
Caracalla visits Alexandria and feels insulted by the locals, so he orders all men of arms-bearing age to be executed.
216 CE
Emperor Caracalla holds funeral games at the Tomb of Achilles at Achilleion on his way to Parthia.