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ANTONINVS PIVS AVG / PONTIF TR P XII COS III, emperor on horseback galloping left, thrusting spear at barbarian warrior who is trampled by horse. References: RIC 113; RSC 468. Commemorating the success of the campaigns in Scotland led jointly by Severus and Caracalla. Traces of their marching camps have recently been revealed by aerial photography. This is the forth coin in a group of six silver denarii of Commodus, Septimius Severus and Caracalla with reverses commemorating Roman military operations in northern Britain in the late 2nd and early 3rd centuries AD. These may be purchased individually at the prices stated or as
a group for $450.
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