★ Virtually as struck ★

Caracalla, 198-217. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.09 g, 6 h), Rome, 212. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT Laureate head of Caracalla to right. Rev. P M TR P XV COS III P P Serapis standing front, head to left, raising his right hand in salute and holding scepter in his left. BMC 39. Cohen 195. RIC 194. Lustrous and sharp, with a beautiful portrait. Minor flan crack and with a light die break on the reverse, otherwise, virtually as struck.

From the collection of the Swiss-Spanish coin dealer and former Swiss Guard at the Vatican José Truyol, formed since the early 1970s.