Issuing authority
Roman Empire
Imperial Rome issued an extensive precious-metal and base-metal coinage across dozens of mints.
- Kind
- empire
- Region
- Mediterranean, Europe
- Recorded period
- 27 BC – AD 476
Eastern continuation catalogued separately as the Byzantine Empire.
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
Catalogue entries (2,045)
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Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, via nomisma.org
ancient coins
RIC IV Septimius Severus 58
RIC IV Septimius Severus 58. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right, with the legend L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP V. The reverse shows victory, winged, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and palm sloped over…
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Coin collections of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC IV Septimius Severus 702a
RIC IV Septimius Severus 702a. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right, with the legend L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VII. The reverse shows septimius Severus, in military attire, standing left, holding Victory on globe in extended ri…
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American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 13A (denarius)
RIC IV Caracalla 13A (denarius). Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Caracalla; Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Caracalla, bare-headed, draped, right, with the legend M AVR ANTON CAES PONTIF. The reverse shows caracalla, in military attire, standing left, holding baton in right hand and spear…
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Münzkabinett der Universität Göttingen (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 2 (denarius)
RIC IV Caracalla 2 (denarius). Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Caracalla; Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Caracalla, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend M AVR ANTONINVS CAES. The reverse shows minerva, helmeted, draped, wearing aegis on breast, standing left, resting ri…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 330
RIC IV Caracalla 330. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Caracalla; Septimius Severus. Mint: Laodicea ad Mare. The obverse shows bust of Caracalla, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend M AVR ANTON CAES PONTIF. The reverse shows minerva, helmeted, draped with aegis on breast, standing left, resting…
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American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 5 (denarius)
RIC IV Caracalla 5 (denarius). Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Caracalla; Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Caracalla, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend M AVR ANTONINVS CAES. The reverse shows spes, draped, advancing left, holding flower upright in extended right hand a…
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American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)
ancient coins
RIC IV Septimius Severus 548 (denarius)
RIC IV Septimius Severus 548 (denarius). Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Julia Domna, hair waved and coiled at back, draped, right, with the legend IVLIA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows diana, crescent on neck, draped, standing left, holding transverse torch in…
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American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)
ancient coins
RIC IV Septimius Severus 556 (denarius)
RIC IV Septimius Severus 556 (denarius). Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Julia Domna, hair waved and coiled at back, draped, right, with the legend IVLIA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding long palm in right hand and cornuc…
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Universität Graz, via nomisma.org
ancient coins
RIC IV Septimius Severus 557
RIC IV Septimius Severus 557. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Julia Domna, hair waved and coiled at back, draped, right, with the legend IVLIA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding long palm in right hand and cornucopiae in le…
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Münzkabinett der Universität Göttingen (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC IV Septimius Severus 560 (denarius)
RIC IV Septimius Severus 560 (denarius). Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Julia Domna, hair waved and coiled at back, draped, right, with the legend IVLIA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows juno, veiled, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand a…
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Archäologisches Museum der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC IV Septimius Severus 562 (denarius)
RIC IV Septimius Severus 562 (denarius). Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Julia Domna, hair waved and coiled at back, draped, right, with the legend IVLIA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows julia Domna, towered (as Cybele), draped, seated left in quadriga of lions,…
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American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)
ancient coins
RIC IV Septimius Severus 572 (aureus)
RIC IV Septimius Severus 572 (aureus). Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Julia Domna, hair waved and coiled at back, draped, right, with the legend IVLIA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows pietas, veiled, draped, standing left, dropping incense on lit altar at left and…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Septimius Severus 574
RIC IV Septimius Severus 574. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Julia Domna, hair waved and coiled at back, draped, right, with the legend IVLIA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows pietas, veiled, draped, standing front, head left, at altar, raising up both hands, wit…
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American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)
ancient coins
RIC IV Septimius Severus 577 (denarius)
RIC IV Septimius Severus 577 (denarius). Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Julia Domna, hair waved and coiled at back, draped, right, with the legend IVLIA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows isis, wearing peaked head-dress, standing right, left foot on prow, with the…
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Münzkabinett der Universität Göttingen (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC IV Septimius Severus 877 (as)
RIC IV Septimius Severus 877 (as). Denomination: As. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Julia Domna, hair waved and coiled at back, draped, right, with the legend IVLIA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding long palm in right hand and cornucopiae in lef…
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Münzkabinett Wien (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC IV Septimius Severus 887 (as)
RIC IV Septimius Severus 887 (as). Denomination: As. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Julia Domna, hair waved and coiled at back, draped, right, with the legend IVLIA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows venus, draped, standing front, head left, holding apple in extended right hand and drawi…
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Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
ancient coins
RIC IV Septimius Severus 117
RIC IV Septimius Severus 117. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right, with the legend L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X. The reverse shows sol, radiate, naked except for cloak over left shoulder, standing left, raising right hand and hol…
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Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, via nomisma.org
ancient coins
RIC IV Septimius Severus 118
RIC IV Septimius Severus 118. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right, with the legend L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X. The reverse shows pax, draped, seated left, holding branch in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand, with the…
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Institute of Ancient History and Classical Antiquities, University of Graz; GAMS Numis collection. Individual photographer not stated.
ancient coins
RIC IV Septimius Severus 131
RIC IV Septimius Severus 131. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right, with the legend L SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX. The reverse shows jupiter, naked except for cloak wrapped around raised left arm, hurrying right, brandishing t…
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Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, via nomisma.org
ancient coins
RIC IV Septimius Severus 142A
RIC IV Septimius Severus 142A. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right, with the legend L SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX. The reverse shows victory, winged, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and trophy ov…
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American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)
ancient coins
RIC IV Septimius Severus 97 (denarius)
RIC IV Septimius Severus 97 (denarius). Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right, with the legend L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIIII. The reverse shows hercules, naked, lion-skin draped over left arm, standing right, holding club set on…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
ancient coins
Denarius from the Roman Empire of Caracalla, 198–217
198 - 217
Reverse: the goddess of generosity, Liberalitas, standing with an abacus in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left hand. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0071A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2 cm x weight 3…
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Münzkabinett der Universität Göttingen (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 25b (denarius)
RIC IV Caracalla 25b (denarius). Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Caracalla; Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Caracalla, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CAE M AVR ANT AVG P TR P. The reverse shows minerva, helmeted, draped, standing left, holding Victory in extended…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 334
RIC IV Caracalla 334. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Caracalla; Septimius Severus. Mint: Laodicea ad Mare. The obverse shows bust of Caracalla, laureate, draped, sometimes cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP CAE M AVR ANT AVG P TR P. The reverse shows fides, draped, standing right, holding corn-ears in right h…
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