Caracalla (198-217), Sestertius, Rome, AD 214
AE (g 25,24; mm 32; h 12)
M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r., Rv. P M TR P XVII IMP III COS IIII P P, emperor, accompanied by officer, seated l. on platform; in front, Liberalitas standing l., holding abacus and cornucopiae; below, at foot of steps to platform, citizen; in ex. LIB AVG VIIII. RIC 527; C 137.
Bold portrait, brownish patina, about extremely fine.