| Emperor | Caracalla |
| Mint | Rome |
| Date | 204AD |
| Size (mm) | 18 |
| Weight (g) | 3.36 |
| Die Axis | 0 |
| Tariff | Denarius |
| Ob. Leg. | ANTONINVS PIVS AVG |
| Ob. Desc. | Laureate and draped bust right |
| Meaning | (Antoninvs Pivs Avgvstvs)- Antoninvs Pivs is your Emperor |
| Rev. Leg. | INDVLGENTIA AVGG, IN CARTH below, | Rev. Desc. | Dea Caelestis (Cybele) riding lion springing right, holding thunderbolt & sceptre | Meaning | The grace and favour of the Emperors | References; | Collection; RIC 130a, RSC 97, BMC 280 | Notes: | Cybele, the mother of the Gods was the favourite deity of the Carthagenians; here the lion, which Virgil tells us (Æneid lib. 3) was tamed by Cybele, may be taken as an emblem of Africa (Septimus Severus, Caracalla’s father, originated there). |