Caracalla – Boar with spear

ID: 0079

Ruler: Caracalla

Date 198 – 217 AD

Obverse: MAVPAN TΩNEINOC – Laureate head right, wearing slight beard

Reverse: EΦΕC Ι ΩΝ – Boar advancing right, pierced by spear

Marks:

Description: Unsure about the Obverse legend on this coin, there is another example from Septimius Severus

Reference: http://www.coinproject.com/siteimages/97-863248.jpg

http://coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=239300

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/septimius_severus/_ephesos_SNGvA_1894.jpg

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/septimius_severus/t.html