Description
Country or authority: Roman Empire
Year or date range: AD 217 (from TR P XX)
Denomination: Denarius
Composition: Silver (AR)
Ruler or portrait: Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus)
Mint or mintmark: Rome
Catalogue references: Provisional (unverified): RIC IV.1 Caracalla 289c (Serapis standing l., TR P XX; Rome) – variant letter provisional pending bust/object details.
Obverse description: Legend: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM. Laureate head right (drapery/armour not certain from photo).
Reverse description: Legend: P M TR P XX COS IIII P P. Serapis wearing polos, standing left, right hand extended holding grain-ears/wreath (detail worn), left hand holds vertical sceptre.
Description and condition notes: Compact flan with a small edge loss and flattening around 6–7 o’clock; legends largely legible on both sides. Metallic surface consistent with a struck AR denarius of the Severan period.
