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.
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Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, via nomisma.org
ancient coins
RIC IV Septimius Severus 226
RIC IV Septimius Severus 226. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right, with the legend SEVERVS PIVS AVG. The reverse shows jupiter, naked except for cloak over left shoulder, standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sc…
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Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, via nomisma.org
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RIC IV Septimius Severus 230
RIC IV Septimius Severus 230. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right, with the legend SEVERVS PIVS AVG. The reverse shows salus, draped, seated left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled in lap, with the legend P M TR…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 217
RIC IV Caracalla 217. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Caracalla; Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Caracalla, laureate, bearded, right, with the legend ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT. The reverse shows liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding abacus in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; a…
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Coin collection of Regensburg University, via nomisma.org / OCRE
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 223
RIC IV Caracalla 223. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Caracalla; Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Caracalla, laureate, bearded, right, with the legend ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT. The reverse shows mars, helmeted, in military attire, hurrying left, holding spear in right hand and trophy over l…
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American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)
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RIC IV Caracalla 227 (denarius)
RIC IV Caracalla 227 (denarius). Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Caracalla; Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Caracalla, laureate, bearded, right, with the legend ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT. The reverse shows providentia, draped, standing left, holding wand in right hand over globe and sceptre…
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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
ancient coins
RIC IV Geta 155A
RIC IV Geta 155A. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Geta; Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Geta, laureate, with drapery on left shoulder, right, with the legend IMP CAES P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG. The reverse shows caracalla and Geta, standing right and left facing each other, holding spears in…
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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
ancient coins
RIC IV Geta 156A
RIC IV Geta 156A. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Geta; Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Geta, laureate, with drapery on left shoulder, right, with the legend IMP CAES P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG. The reverse shows caracalla and Geta, veiled, togate, standing right and left facing each other, s…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Geta 157B
RIC IV Geta 157B. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Geta; Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Geta, laureate, with drapery on left shoulder, right, with the legend IMP CAES P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG. The reverse shows caracalla and Geta, triumph group, in military attire, standing left, each exten…
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American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC IV Geta 184
RIC IV Geta 184. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Geta; Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Geta, laureate, right, with the legend P SEPTIMIVS GETA PIVS AVG BRIT. The reverse shows caracalla and Geta, standing right and left facing each other, holding spears in left hands and clasping right…
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American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)
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RIC IV Geta 69A (denarius)
RIC IV Geta 69A (denarius). Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Geta; Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Geta, laureate, right, with the legend IMP CAES P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG. The reverse shows felicitas, draped, standing left, holding long caduceus in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand, wit…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Geta 87
RIC IV Geta 87. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Geta; Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Geta, laureate, bearded, right, with the legend P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT. The reverse shows caracalla and Geta seated left on platform on right; in front, Liberalitas, draped, standing right, holding abac…
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American Numismatic Society, via nomisma.org
ancient coins
RIC IV Geta 88
RIC IV Geta 88. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Geta; Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Geta, laureate, bearded, right, with the legend P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT. The reverse shows liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding abacus in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand, with the legend…
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American Numismatic Society, via nomisma.org
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RIC IV Geta 91
RIC IV Geta 91. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Geta; Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Geta, laureate, bearded, right, with the legend P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT. The reverse shows victory, winged, draped, advancing right, holding wreath in extended right hand and palm sloped over left shou…
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Numismatic Collection of the Professorship for Ancient History at the University of Augsburg, via nomisma.org / OCRE
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RIC IV Septimius Severus 241
RIC IV Septimius Severus 241. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right, with the legend SEVERVS PIVS AVG BRIT. The reverse shows neptune, naked except for cloak over left shoulder and right arm, standing left, right foot set on glo…
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ancient coins
RIC IV Septimius Severus 798
RIC IV Septimius Severus 798. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Septimius Severus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right, with the legend SEVERVS PIVS AVG. The reverse shows septimius Severus, veiled, togate, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over tripod in…
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Coin collection of Regensburg University, via nomisma.org / OCRE
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RIC IV Caracalla 187
RIC IV Caracalla 187. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Caracalla. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Caracalla, laureate, right, with the legend ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT. The reverse shows virtus, helmeted, draped, standing right, left foot on helmet, holding spear in right hand and parazonium in left hand, with…
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American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 385 (denarius)
RIC IV Caracalla 385 (denarius). Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Caracalla. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Julia Domna, hair elaborately waved in ridges and turned up low at the back, draped, right, with the legend IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG. The reverse shows pudicitia, veiled, draped, seated left, facing front,…
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American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)
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RIC IV Caracalla 388A (antoninianus)
RIC IV Caracalla 388A (antoninianus). Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Caracalla. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Julia Domna, hair elaborately waved in ridges and turned up low at the back, diademed, draped, on crescent, right, with the legend IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG. The reverse shows venus, draped, seated…
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The British Museum — photograph sourced via the American Numismatic Society OCRE type corpus
ancient coins
RIC IV Geta 168A
AD 211
Sestertius in bronze struck at Rome under Geta, AD 211, catalogued as RIC IV Geta 168A. Obverse: Head of Geta, laureate, bearded, right. Reverse: Fortuna, draped, seated left, holding rudder set on globe in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; below seat, wheel. Obverse legend: P SEPTIMIVS GETA PIVS AVG BRIT. Re…
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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
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RIC IV Geta 171B
RIC IV Geta 171B. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Geta. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Geta, laureate, with drapery on left shoulder, right, with the legend P SEPTIMIVS GETA PIVS AVG BRIT. The reverse shows woman, seated left, holding sceptre in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; on ground, left, f…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Geta 177A
RIC IV Geta 177A. Denomination: As. Authority: Geta. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Geta, laureate, right, with the legend P SEPTIMIVS GETA PIVS AVG BRIT. The reverse shows woman, standing right, holding sceptre in right hand and drawing out drapery from breast with left hand; to right, two small figures lift…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Geta 79
RIC IV Geta 79. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Geta. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Geta, laureate, bearded, right, with the legend P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT. The reverse shows janus, two-headed, standing front, looking left and right, naked to waist, drapery over left arm, holding sceptre (or spear) in r…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC IV Caracalla 195
RIC IV Caracalla 195. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Caracalla. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Caracalla, laureate, right, with the legend ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT. The reverse shows annona, draped, seated left, holding corn-ears in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; at feet, to left, modius, with th…
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Münzkabinett Wien, via nomisma.org / OCRE
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RIC IV Caracalla 196
RIC IV Caracalla 196. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Caracalla. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Caracalla, laureate, right, with the legend ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT. The reverse shows salus, draped, seated left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and holdind cornucopiae in left arm…
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